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Fear and Security: A Vulnerability‐led Policy Response
Author(s) -
Furedi Frank
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
social policy and administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.972
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1467-9515
pISSN - 0144-5596
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9515.2008.00629.x
Subject(s) - vulnerability (computing) , conceptualization , rhetoric , resilience (materials science) , orientation (vector space) , psychological resilience , political science , public policy , sociology , social psychology , psychology , computer security , computer science , law , philosophy , linguistics , physics , artificial intelligence , thermodynamics , geometry , mathematics
The aim of this article is to explore the rise of vulnerability‐led policy‐making. It attempts to engage with the apparent puzzle of why the official rhetoric of promoting resilience frequently gives way to an orientation towards an emphasis on vulnerability. It contends that the current conceptualization of resilience assumes that vulnerability is the defining condition of social life. One likely consequence of this approach is the reinforcement of the passive side of public life .