Resilience and responsibility
Governing Uncertainty in a Complex World
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5290531 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marc Welsh (0000-0002-9482-9164, Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences Aberystwyth University Aberystwyth SY23 3DB, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 180 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 15-26 |
| Publication date | 2014-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geographical Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-7398 • E-ISSN: 1475-4959 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/geoj.12012 |
| OpenAlex | W1585954374 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 231 |
| References cited | 85 |
Resilience' has risen to prominence across a range of academic disciplines and political discourses. Situating resilience theories in historical context the paper argues that the resilience discourse of complex adaptive systems, for all its utility as a means for conceptualising and managing change, is allied with contemporary governmental discourses that responsibilise risk away from the state and on to individuals and institutions. Further, in arguing that resilience theories originate in two distinct epistemological communities (natural and social science) in its mobilisation as a 'boundary object' resilience naturalises an ontology of 'the system'. Resilience approaches increasingly structure, not only academic, but also government policy discourses, with each influencing the development of the other. It is argued that by mobilising 'the system' as the metaconcept for capturing socio-natural and socio-economic relations resilience theories naturalise and reify two abstractions: firstly, the system itself - enrolling citizens into practices that give it meaning and presence; secondly, the naturalisation of shocks to the system, locating them in a post-political space where the only certainty is uncertainty. With reference to an emerging governmentality through resilience, this paper argues for a critical interrogation of plural resilience theories and wonders at their emancipatory possibilities
Citizenship · Context (archaeology · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Government (linguistics · Governmentality · Linguistics · Naturalisation · Political science · Politics · Resilience (materials science · Social science · Socio-ecological system · Sociology · Disaster Management and Resilience · Law · Regional resilience and development · Resilience and Mental Health
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| Unique citing works | 231 |
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| Citations per year | 17,77 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2026 (14) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 220 |