Building liberal resilience? A critical review from developing rural Asia

作者：Rigg Jonathan^*; Oven Katie

来源：Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions, 2015, 32: 175-186.

DOI：10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2015.03.007

• Liberal resilience
• Development
• The market imperative
• Vulnerability
• Rural Asia

'Resilience' is the catchword of the moment. For many of the mainstream institutions of international development, building resilience is embedded in a wider commitment to market liberalism. Taking three entry points, the sectoral, spatial and socio-governmental, this paper critically explores the connections, interdependencies and tensions between social resilience and the market imperative. The paper argues that 'liberal resilience' plays into a growth-development-resilience 'trap' wherein economic growth has become a de facto synonym for development and, often, development a synonym for resilience. Drawing on empirical cases from across rural Asia we highlight the incongruities and inconsistencies in this line of logic. The paper suggests that there is a need to critically judge the market mechanism and the complex and sometimes contradictory ways in which the processes that have been set in train by market integration impinge on resilience.

• 出版日期2015-5