The contribution of a complex systems-based approach to progressive social resilience

Bibliographic Data

ID4218545
AuthorsPhilip Haynes (0000-0002-9880-356X, corresponding author), Angie Hart (0000-0002-5034-5950), Suna Eryigit-Madzwamuse, Suna Eryigit‐Madzwamuse (0000-0002-1660-8577), Matthew Wood (0000-0002-0433-2972, University of Brighton), Josie Maitland (0000-0001-7932-6465, University of Brighton), Josh Cameron (0000-0002-7467-7984, University of Brighton)
Year2024
Volume28
Issue5
Pages754-774
Publication date2024-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHealth An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health Illness and Medicine (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1363-4593 • E-ISSN: 1461-7196
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/13634593231195784
PMID37649331
OpenAlexW4386305497
LanguageEN
References cited73

The use of resilience in social practice has evolved from a theoretical framework at the intersection between individuals and their social ecology. Critics argue this theory still results in policies and practices that are too individualised, with the potential for negative social consequences. This paper further critiques contemporary understanding of resilience theory and its application. It juxtaposes complex systems theory with a social inequalities oriented resilience practice. This provides a paradoxical approach. It is acknowledged that state and public policy decisions and actions can be anti-resilient, undermining community and social resilience that already exists in the form of social relationships, self-organisation and co-production. Nevertheless, collective social resilience also illustrates the potential of local and service user organisations to contribute to an overall transformational change process

Environmental ethics · Political science · Psychological resilience · Public relations · Socio-ecological system · Sociology · Transformational leadership · Community Health and Development · Computer Science · Disaster Management and Resilience · Psychology · Resilience and Mental Health · Social Psychology