Resilient Communities of Central Eurasia: Responding to Change, Complexity and the Visions of 'The Good Life'

This book argues that resilience as self-governance is an overriding framework to explore its constitutive elements - identity, 'good life, local coping strategies, and support infrastructures - which, when mobilized, can turn communities into 'peoplehood in the face of adversity. It provides fertile grounds for exploring how resilience works in practice in times of complex change in Central Eurasia.

Format: Hardback
Length: 196 pages
Publication date: 21 March 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This book makes a compelling case for reimagining governance through the lens of resilience as self-governance. Building upon the principles of complexity thinking, it argues that in the face of change and complex life, challenges are best addressed at their root, locally, to create a more responsive and sustainable global system.

Resilience as self-governance is presented as an overarching framework to examine its fundamental elements, including identity, the pursuit of a "good life," local coping strategies, and support infrastructures. When these elements are mobilized, communities can transform into "peoplehood in the face of adversity." It is argued that these communities of relations, self-organized and self-aware of their worth, are what make them resilient to crises and enable them to adapt to change.

The book explores the concept of resilience in Central Eurasia, a region spanning from Belarus in the west to Azerbaijan in the south and Kyrgyzstan in the east. By delving into centuries-long traditions, local experiences of survival, and visions for change, it demonstrates that governability at any level requires a substantial local input to make the global more enduring and resilient in a complex adaptive world.

This book offers valuable insights to students and scholars in the fields of Politics, including Eurasian politics and various aspects of Governance. Many of the chapters in this book were previously published as a special issue of "Cambridge Review of International Affairs."

Weight: 502g
Dimension: 179 x 254 x 20 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032290942