A comprehensive analysis of the deliberate destruction of homes and homelands. It discusses how and why the powerful destroy homes that happen to be in the way of corporate, political and bureaucratic projects, and includes a study of how important home is to human life and community.

Media reports describing the destruction of people's homes, for reasons ranging from ethnic persecution to the perceived need for a new airport or highway, are all too familiar. The planned destruction of homes affects millions of people globally; places destroyed range in scale from single dwellings to entire homelands. Domicide tells how and why the powerful destroy homes that happen to be in the way of corporate, political, bureaucratic, and strategic projects. Too frequently, this destruction is justified as being in the public interest.