scholarly journals Structural Foundations of Social Resilience

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 539-552
Author(s):  
Hulya Dagdeviren ◽  
Luis Capucha ◽  
Alexandre Calado ◽  
Matthew Donoghue ◽  
Pedro Estêvão
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Power Relations ◽  
Theoretical Development ◽  
Social Resilience ◽  
Economic Crises ◽  
Critical Perspective ◽  
The Social ◽  
Contemporary Context ◽  
Distinct Role

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.

scholarly journals Collective Emotions and Social Resilience in the Digital Traces After a Terrorist Attack

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 617-628 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Garcia ◽  
Bernard Rimé
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Terrorist Attack ◽  
Terrorist Attacks ◽  
Social Resilience ◽  
Collective Emotions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Collective Effervescence ◽  
Scale Test ◽  
Twitter Users

After collective traumas such as natural disasters and terrorist attacks, members of concerned communities experience intense emotions and talk profusely about them. Although these exchanges resemble simple emotional venting, Durkheim’s theory of collective effervescence postulates that these collective emotions lead to higher levels of solidarity in the affected community. We present the first large-scale test of this theory through the analysis of digital traces of 62,114 Twitter users after the Paris terrorist attacks of November 2015. We found a collective negative emotional response followed by a marked long-term increase in the use of lexical indicators related to solidarity. Expressions of social processes, prosocial behavior, and positive affect were higher in the months after the attacks for the individuals who participated to a higher degree in the collective emotion. Our findings support the conclusion that collective emotions after a disaster are associated with higher solidarity, revealing the social resilience of a community.

scholarly journals Mediatization Studies and Cultural Studies: A Possible Dialogue for Further Critical Analysis?

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
Myriam Durocher
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Power Relations ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Critical Research ◽  
Critical Perspective ◽  
Common Assumption ◽  
Cultural Life ◽  
The Social ◽  
Analyse Power ◽  
Privileged Site

<p>Over the last decades, it has been possible to observe an increasing amount of research having for common assumption the impossibility to dissociate changes which occur within medias, culture and society. Mediatization theories, particularly developed in Scandinavian countries, and American configurations of cultural studies utilize interesting tools and conceptual material to think about the transformations that occur within the social field. Both encourage questioning the power relations and struggles that inform those transformations. However, their manner of conceiving and using “culture” and “media” as conceptual tools for analysis differ, bringing multiple and diverging ways to study and question objects, phenomenon and processes. These two approaches do not appear as irreconcilable and would take advantage of being put in dialogue as a way to see how they can possibly complement each other. For example, by enriching their mutual understanding of power and, therefore, their critical character. This article draws points of tension and convergence between cultural studies and mediatization studies. It explores cultural studies' focus on (cultural) practices as a privileged site to analyse power relations and their ongoing negotiations by and through media. This approach may resonate or complement Couldry’s (2004) proposal for a paradigm of media as practice “to help us address how media are embedded in the interlocking fabric of social and cultural life” (p. 129). This dialogue between mediatization theories and cultural studies is being put to the forefront with the hope it may allow further discussions and relevant theoretical avenues for critical research located within both fields. Thinking of this possible interplay let foresee the possibility of questioning objects, processes and phenomenon in a critical perspective in a context produced and characterised by medias’ omnipresence. It would allow researchers to question the power struggles that are negotiated through practices themselves, without neglecting the consideration that most of these practices are made by, with or within media.  </p>

scholarly journals Collective Emotions and Social Resilience in the Digital Traces After a Terrorist Attack

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Garcia ◽  
Bernard Rime
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Terrorist Attack ◽  
Terrorist Attacks ◽  
Social Resilience ◽  
Collective Emotions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Collective Effervescence ◽  
Scale Test ◽  
Twitter Users

After collective traumas such as natural disasters and terrorist attacks, members of concerned communities experience intense emotions and talk profusely about them. Although these exchanges resemble simple emotional venting, Durkheim’s theory of collective effervescence postulates that these collective emotions lead to higher levels of solidarity in the affected community. We present the first large-scale test of this theory through the analysis of digital traces of 62,114 Twitter users after the Paris terrorist attacks of November 2015. We found a collective negative emotional response followed by a marked long-term increase in the use of lexical indicators related to solidarity. Expressions of social processes, prosocial behavior, and positive affect were higher in the months after the attacks for the individuals who participated to a higher degree in the collective emotion. Our findings support the conclusion that collective emotions after a disaster are associated with higher solidarity, revealing the social resilience of a community.

Conclusion

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louis Corsino
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Organized Crime ◽  
Strong Ties ◽  
New Approaches ◽  
The Social ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Contemporary Context

This concluding chapter presents a more general discussion of the interrelationships between ethnicity, organized crime, and social capital, especially as it may apply to the contemporary context in Chicago Heights. This study connected the decades-long ‘success’ of the organized crime operation in Chicago Heights to the persistent balancing act between the resources of closure, violence, and brokerage. Too much or too little of one or another would be potentially damaging to this long-term success. Closure brings value to the organization because it promotes a familiarity and assumed level of trust between individuals. However, when there are strong ties binding groups together, certainty and predictability triumph over variability and innovation. Individuals are unaware of or reluctant to think through or even see new opportunities because the social networks place a premium on routine beliefs and behaviors. An antidote to the excesses of closure is violence. New ideas and new approaches were pushed forward by force and the elimination of opposition. Today, although Italian organized crime presence in Chicago Heights has significantly diminished, organized crime in Chicago Heights persists. African Americans and Latinos have largely taken over the vice operations.

scholarly journals Social inequality and human development: Intertwined cycles of perversion in education in contemporary Brazil

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
pp. 84-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naomar De Almeida Filho
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Social Inequality ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Social Order ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Apparent Contradiction ◽  
Educational Structure ◽  
The Social ◽  
Contemporary Context

In this paper, a conceptual framework on the sources and origins of inequalities in education is presented, focusing the Brazilian contemporary context as a case-study of a paradox: reduced economic inequality in parallel to increasing inequities in education. To understand this apparent contradiction, first the Brazilian taxation structure is outlined as a intricate, regressive and unfair system organized for collecting economic revenues for funding the State. Secondly, the social and political inequities that affect and thus define the educational structure of Brazil is discussed to reveal the perverse effects that turn education into a major asset for the general reproduction of society. Finally, such paradoxes and contradictions in the field of education are analyzed as strategies for maintenance and reproduction of a social order based on social inequalities and inequities.http://dx.doi.org/10.15572/ENCO2015.06

scholarly journals Intervención del profesional del trabajo social con personas jóvenes y adultas con alguna discapacidad

2020 ◽  
pp. 17-28
Author(s):  
Cecilia Guadalupe Limón Aguirre ◽  
Jose María Duarte Cruz
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Family Support ◽  
Social Resilience ◽  
Derechos Humanos ◽  
Las Casas ◽  
The Social ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Trabajo Social ◽  
The City

Esta investigación analiza los tipos de intervención del profesional de trabajo social con jóvenes y adultos que presentan alguna discapacidad. Se desarrolló en una asociación civil en Chiapas, México, mediante un abordaje cualitativo. Los hallazgos señalan que el modelo de la diversidad, centrado en el respeto, valoración de los derechos humanos, puede encaminarlos a procesos de resiliencia de largo plazo. La intervención debe tener presente el contexto histórico, social, familiar, económico, cultural y los aspectos biológicos del ser humano; además, concebir a estas personas como individuos con derechos, sentimientos, motivaciones y capacidades. Todo en su conjunto coadyuvará en la mejora de sus condiciones de vida y su integración en la sociedad. This research was oriented to analyze and publicize the different types of intervention that can implement by the social work professional with young people and adults who have a disability. It was developed study in a civil association in the city of San Cristobal de Las Casas (SCLC), Chiapas, through a qualitative case. The findings indicate that the systemic approach focused on respecting and valuing human rights towards people with disabilities can lead them to long-term social resilience processes; Family support is an important element, therefore, in social work, specific actions that involve them should be promoted and thus increase the chances of integrating into society in a dignified manner.

Resilience: thoughts on the value of the concept for critical gerontology

2011 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 137-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
KIRSTY WILD ◽  
JANINE L. WILES ◽  
RUTH E. S. ALLEN
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Older People ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Social Resilience ◽  
Critical Gerontology ◽  
Ageing Research ◽  
The Social ◽  
History Of ◽  
Historical Usage

ABSTRACTThis article examines the utility of the concept of resilience to the field of critical gerontology. Resilience is an increasingly popular concept within the social sciences. We explore some key ideas about individual and social resilience from varied fields, and propose new ways to conceptualise these in relation to resilience in later life. This article examines the history of the concept of resilience; explores some of the diverse ways that gerontologists are attempting to apply it to later life; and discusses the strengths and weaknesses of using resilience as a conceptual framework within critical ageing research. We also suggest ways of conceptualising resilience and ageing, highlighting the different scales of resilience that impact on the ability of older people to negotiate adversity, and some key areas of resilience relevant to later life. The example of mobility resilience is used to illustrate how different scales of resilience operate within an area of resilience central to the ageing experience. Finally, some key principles for the use of resilience within critical gerontology are outlined, providing guidance on how to maximise the potential of the concept whilst avoiding some of the limitations associated with its historical usage.

scholarly journals Can Peasants Make a Revolution? Colonialism, Labour, and Power Relations in Pierre Bourdieu’s Algerian Inquiries

2016 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 389-421 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Rapini
Keyword(s):  
Power Relations ◽  
Pierre Bourdieu ◽  
Frantz Fanon ◽  
Colonial Power ◽  
The Public ◽  
Testing Ground ◽  
The Social ◽  
French Colonial ◽  
Temporal And Spatial

AbstractThis article analyses the Algerian inquiries of Pierre Bourdieu. It begins by retracing the most pervasive, medium- and long-term interventions of French colonial power in Algerian society: the introduction of capitalism and the internment of civilians in thecentres de regroupement. Next, it outlines the social subjects studied by the youngagrégéof philosophy and his representation of labour. Subsequent sections deal with shifts in the public stance of Bourdieu regarding the revolutionary propensity of these people. On this tricky testing ground, Bourdieu engaged with and critically confronted the ideas of Germaine Tillion and Frantz Fanon. His position is reviewed from a historical-philological approach in order to set the texts in their temporal and spatial contexts, establish parallels and/or divergences, and verify the effects such comparisons produced. The conclusions emphasize the richness and originality of Bourdieu’s inquiries given the era in which they were made and highlight, in light of the recent global reorientation of labour history, some of the vital viewpoints expressed on the origins of capitalism in the colony.

The organization of commemorative space in postcolonial Cuba: From Civic Square to Square of the Revolution

Organization ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pablo Alonso González
Keyword(s):  
Power Relations ◽  
Close Connection ◽  
Conceptual Metaphors ◽  
The Social ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Material Organization ◽  
Processual Approach ◽  
The Revolution

This article carries out a long-term exploration of the changing forms of organizing commemorative space in postcolonial Cuba. From a non-representational and processual approach, it argues that there is a close connection between different ideologies, and the social and material organization of commemoration. Because commemorative spaces are socially constituted and embedded in power relations, this study addresses the shifting forms of connecting the subjective and objective sides of memory, that is, how commemoration organizes the relation between people and the materiality of commemorative artefacts. During both the capitalist-republican and communist-revolutionary periods, commemorative spaces were constructed and reworked to renew political hegemony under different premises. These transformations are examined through three conceptual metaphors—text, arena and performance—and three organizing practices—enchantment, emplacement and enactment. The focus is placed on one of the main Cuban commemorational spaces: the Civic Square or Square of the Revolution of Havana.

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