micropoliticsn.
/ˌmʌɪkrə(ʊ)ˈpɒlᵻtɪks/, U.S. /ˌmaɪkroʊˈpɑlədɪks/ Politics on a small or local scale; esp. (the study of) the political principles governing or issues arising from the interactions of a relatively small social group, a limited aspect of behaviour, etc., rather than society as a whole. Also derogatory: a fragmented political approach; one in which disproportionate emphasis is placed on individual relationships, practices, issues, etc.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > politics > [noun] > branches of politics
public policec1450
state police1779
world-policy1848
world politics1857
geopolitics1901
Weltpolitik1903
biopolitics1927
psychopolitics1942
micropolitics1951
agro-politics1960
eco-politics1970
identity politics1973
gender politics1977
1951 World Politics 3 554 It is the special merit of such formations as Almond's The American People and Foreign Policy that they suggest the beginnings of a way toward a dynamic, empirical method of analysis which will bring within the compass of a new science of political behaviour the data of a micro-politics and a macro-politics.
1973 H. L. Nieburg Culture Storm ii. 22 A study of African micropolitics describes a society in which the father has almost absolute power, while the mother has control of religious ritual in the family.
1988 R. Best et al. Libr. Provision & Curriculum Planning (BNC) 112 We were fascinated by the whole business of the micro-politics of change within project schools.
1992 Independent 8 June 19/5 American public life has become a bewildering mosaic of competing interest groups, of lobby-driven ‘micro-politics’ promoting single issues such as education and health care, all cutting across old party lines.
1994 Lang. in Society 23 420 The micropolitics of peer relations played itself out..in the playground and behind the back of teachers.
1998 G. McKay DiY Culture 14 Anarchism's (supposed) flaws: partial narrative, inchoate organisation, a naive utopianism, micropolitics, a preference for spectacle and gesture over long-term strategy.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
n.1951