Resilience has become a popular catchphrase used by governments, NGOs, community groups and
activists all over the globe. Yet there remains
confusion over what resilience is and the purpose it serves. Resilience
can speak to a desire to respond
to disruptions outside of the status quo. However, this usage shows a lack of consideration for power, agency and
inequality. Criticism
has also been raised regarding the use of resilience to justify projects
informed by neoliberal ideologies that aim to decrease state
involvement and restructure social
services. Despite this, resilience is also being used by community and
activist groups that aim to address local and global environmental and
social issues. Thus the need has arisen to
question what is being maintained, for whom and by whom, through these
discourses of resilience.
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