eminent domain

(noun)

(US) The right of a government over the lands within its jurisdiction. Usually invoked to compel land owners to sell their property in preparation for a major construction project, such as a freeway.

Related Terms

Examples of eminent domain in the following topics:

  • The Potential of Urban Revitalization

    • This process is called "eminent domain," or the process through which the government acquires private property for the larger public good.
    • The process of eminent domain requires that the government provide due compensation but does not necessarily require the private property owner's consent.

  • Education and Unequal Treatment in the Classroom

    • Higher education has historically been regarded as a male domain.

  • Social Definition of Race

    • While race is understood to be a social construct by many, most scholars agree that race has real, material effects in housing discrimination, in the legal process, in policing practices, in education, and many other domains of society.

  • Gender Inequality in Health Care

    • Instead, insurance coverage of contraception was framed as a government subsidy for sexual activity.This framing revealed inherent social inequalities for women in the domain of sexual health.

  • Introduction to quantitative analysis

    • More generally, clusters of actors and events that are similarly located may form meaningful "types" or "domains" of social action.

  • Multiple relations

    • Systems theory, for example, suggests two domains: material and informational.

  • Participatory Democracy

    • Some scholars argue for refocusing the term on community-based activity within the domain of civil society, based on the belief that a strong non-governmental public sphere is a precondition for the emergence of a strong liberal democracy.

  • Gender

    • Women workers are often used as a source of cheap labor in informal economies, or employment domains that are not regulated by governments and law enforcement.

  • Women as a Minority

    • "Sociological research clearly shows that accounting for education, experience, and skill does not fully explain significant differences in labor market outcomes. " The three main domains on which we see the impact of intersectionality are wages, discrimination, and domestic labor.

  • The Social Construction of Gender

    • Nevertheless, the dollar is extremely powerful within its own domain.