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Structural Foundations of Social Resilience

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2020

Hulya Dagdeviren ,
Luis Capucha ,
Alexandre Calado ,
Matthew Donoghue  and
Pedro Estêvão
Hulya Dagdeviren
Affiliation:
Business School, University of Hertfordshire E-mail: h.dagdeviren@herts.ac.uk
Luis Capucha
Affiliation:
Department of Political Science and Public Policy, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa E-mail: luis.capucha@iscte-iul.pt
Alexandre Calado
Affiliation:
Department of Political Science and Public Policy, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa E-mail: alexandre.calado@iscte-iul.pt
Matthew Donoghue
Affiliation:
Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford E-mail: matthew.donoghue@spi.ox.ac.uk
Pedro Estêvão
Affiliation:
Department of Political Science and Public Policy, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa E-mail: estevao.pedro.lsb@gmail.com
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Abstract

This article aims to contribute to the theoretical development of the social resilience approach. Recognising the interface between resilience and poverty studies, it proposes a distinct role for resilience research from a critical perspective to understand the dynamics of hardship in exceptional times, such as times of socio-economic crises, rather than explaining the long-term trajectories of poverty. It then provides a conceptual framework on the structural foundations of social resilience, highlighting three components: rules, resources and power relations. The article uses the 2008 crisis and the ensuing period of austerity as a microcosm to place the discussion within a contemporary context.

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Resiliencecrisispovertyhardshipstructure
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Social Policy and Society , Volume 19 , Issue 4 , October 2020 , pp. 539 - 552
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© Cambridge University Press 2020

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