Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

Building liberal resilience? A critical review from developing rural Asia

Rigg, J.; Oven, K.

Building liberal resilience? A critical review from developing rural Asia Thumbnail


Authors

J. Rigg

K. Oven



Abstract

‘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.

Citation

Rigg, J., & Oven, K. (2015). Building liberal resilience? A critical review from developing rural Asia. Global Environmental Change, 32, 175-186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2015.03.007

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Mar 19, 2015
Online Publication Date Apr 23, 2015
Publication Date May 1, 2015
Deposit Date Apr 15, 2016
Publicly Available Date Nov 23, 2016
Journal Global Environmental Change
Print ISSN 0959-3780
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 32
Pages 175-186
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2015.03.007

Files




You might also like



Downloadable Citations