Community Resilience: A Critical Approach

This book offers an alternative perspective on community resilience, drawing on critical sociological and social policy insights to explore diverse expressions of resilience and the role of policy in shaping vulnerability and resilience. It focuses on the United Kingdom and examines the contradictions and limitations of neoliberal resilience policies, while highlighting the importance of shared institutions in underpinning resilience and preventing socially created vulnerabilities.

Format: Hardback
Length: 192 pages
Publication date: 30 November 2021
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This comprehensive book delves into the realm of community resilience, offering a fresh and alternative perspective. Drawing upon critical sociological and social policy insights, it sheds light on how individuals and communities navigate diverse challenges and adversities. Contrary to popular belief, resilience is not solely a creation of neoliberal governments; rather, it encompasses a wide range of expressions and encompasses the complexities of human experiences.

The book explores these diverse expressions of resilience, considering the factors that support and hinder people's ability to cope in different contexts. With a focus on the United Kingdom, it examines the contradictions and limitations of neoliberal resilience policies and their impact on the distribution of vulnerabilities and the manifestation of resilience.

The book explores various types of resilience, including planning, response, recovery, adaptation, and transformation, each of which is examined in relation to different types of threats such as financial hardship, disasters, and climate change. It argues that resilience cannot serve as a cure-all for vulnerability and emphasizes the importance of shared institutions in fostering resilience and mitigating socially created vulnerabilities.

This book is of immense interest to academics, students, and practitioners engaged in the study of resilience within the fields of sociology, social policy, human geography, environmental humanities, and international development. It provides valuable insights and perspectives that will contribute to our understanding of community resilience and its role in shaping a more resilient and inclusive society.

Weight: 530g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781138329478