2015
DOI: 10.1017/s004727941500032x
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Resilience, Hardship and Social Conditions

Abstract: Abstract:This paper provides a critical assessment of the highly agent-centric conceptualisation of the term 'resilience'-and its hightly agent-centric conceptualisation -when applied to how individuals and households respond to hardship. We provide an argument for social conditions to be embedded into the framework of resilience analysis. Drawing on two different perspectives in social theory, namely structure-agent nexus and path dependency, we aim to demonstrate that the concept of resilience, if understood… Show more

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“…Historically, most accounts of resilience have focused on the attributes of individuals, largely ignoring the broader social and spatial context within which they lead their lives and the role of place, community, and friends and family (Dagdeviren et al, 2016).…”
Section: Is Resilience An Attribute or A Process?mentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Historically, most accounts of resilience have focused on the attributes of individuals, largely ignoring the broader social and spatial context within which they lead their lives and the role of place, community, and friends and family (Dagdeviren et al, 2016).…”
Section: Is Resilience An Attribute or A Process?mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The extent to which resilience is a positive phenomenon has evoked considerable debate amongst social scientists (Dagdeviren et al, 2016). Some writers have 617 Formatted Article 13.04.17 13 understood it to be an entirely positive response to a shock, with households bouncingback to their original position (Tugade et al, 2004;Zolli and Healy, 2012).…”
Section: Is Resilience An Attribute or A Process?mentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Indeed, "heroic" resilience seems to ignore the relationship (constraints and resources) between institutions and individuals or social structures and social practices (Dagvidaren, Donoghue and Promberger, 2016).…”
Section: The Rise Of "Heroic" Resiliencementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Esto implica retomar de nuevo el viejo -pero oportuno-debate sobre la agencia-estructura, también en la aproximación al afrontamiento y la resiliencia. En este sentido, investigaciones realizadas en los últimos años sobre el afrontamiento y la resiliencia ante la adversidad económica y el desempleo en contextos de crisis enfatizan la necesidad de incorporar esta perspectiva estructural, por su trascendencia/incidencia en los procesos de afrontamiento y resiliencia (Anaf et al, 2013;Dagdeviren, Donoghue y Meier, 2016;Dagdeviren, Donoghue y Promberger, 2016;Revilla, Martín y De Castro, 2017).…”
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