Human agency is considered a key factor in determining how individuals and society
respond to environmental change. This article synthesizes knowledge on agency, capacity …

The distinguishing feature of chronic poverty is its long duration. It might be argued that the
most extreme form of chronic poverty is that which persists over an entire course of life or …

Livelihood resilience draws attention to the factors and processes that keep livelihoods
functioning despite change and thus enriches the livelihood approach which puts people …

Resilience is currently infusing policy debates and public discourses, widely promoted as a
normative goal in fields as diverse as the economy, national security, personal development …

In this paper, we undertake a brief review of the 'conventional'research into the problems of
early career teachers to create a juxtaposed position from which to launch an alternative …

Resilience is receiving substantial traction as a concept to inform climate change and
development policies and programmes. At the same time, a number of critiques have …

Abstract 'Wellbeing'is a key concept in the study of children's lives over time, given its
potential to link the objective, subjective, and inter-subjective dimensions of their …

'Resilience'is now a keyword within the academic literature of social work. Nevertheless,
there is need to resist 'resilience talk'becoming uncritically incorporated into the 'common …

In late 2016, the Irish Health Services Executive (HSE) issued a memo advising nursing staff
to remove 'trespassing'patients who refused to surrender their beds from overcrowded and …

Black girls in the US experience high levels of discrimination and adversity. Resilience is a
term used within social work, psychology, and health professions to indicate positive …