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Gritty citizens? Exploring the logic and limits of resilience in UK social policy during times of socio-material insecurity

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In recent years, resilience has been invoked as both a pre-emptive and responsive strategy to tackling socio-material insecurity. This article outlines a number of discursive and administrative features that distinguish the rise of resilience from longer-term shifts towards ‘active citizenship’ in British social policy. We use data from two studies of financial hardship to examine how the fetishised ideal of resilience is reified and negotiated in the everyday experiences of low-income citize...

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Published
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Peer reviewed

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10.1177/0261018319825547

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
Social Policy & Intervention
Role:
Author
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
Journal:
Critical Social Policy More from this journal
Volume:
40
Issue:
1
Pages:
7-29
Publication date:
2019-02-10
Acceptance date:
2018-10-31
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EISSN:
1461-703X
ISSN:
0261-0183
Language:
English
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pubs:950414
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uuid:f7e76472-08c1-4e95-8c7c-e7c10b5a25f3
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pubs:950414
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950414
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2018-12-05

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