1. Bouncing back? Recession, resilience and everyday lives.
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Harrison, Elizabeth
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CONTENT analysis ,ECONOMICS ,EXPERIENCE ,INTERVIEWING ,RESEARCH methodology ,PARTICIPANT observation ,POVERTY ,RESEARCH ,PSYCHOLOGICAL resilience ,SOUND recordings ,ETHNOLOGY research ,QUALITATIVE research ,GOVERNMENT policy ,THEMATIC analysis - Abstract
This paper critically engages with a recent shift towards an emphasis on ‘resilience’ in policy and academic fields. The paper suggests that this shift is problematic for several reasons: that it supports normative value judgements; that it may overemphasize the ability of people to ‘bounce back’ and undervalue the hidden costs of resilience, especially those with gendered dimensions; and that it may be associated with policy prescriptions that shift responsibility for dealing with crisis away from the public sphere. The empirical illustration for this analysis is a qualitative study of the impact of economic decline in the Sussex town of Newhaven. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2013
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