Disciplining the risky subject: a discourse analysis of the concept of resilience in social work literature

• Published in: Journal of social work : JSW Vol. 20; no. 2; pp. 152 - 172
• Main Authors: Park, Yoosun, Crath, Rory, Jeffery, Donna
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.03.2020; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: Discourse analysis; Inequality; Neoliberalism; Political change; Poststructuralism; Poverty; Resilience; Risk factors; Social change; Social justice; Social work; Social work education; Social workers; Technology; racism; neoliberalism; resilience; Social work; discourse analysis; poststructural theories

Summary The concept of resilience has become an established, taken-for-granted concept in social work. This poststructuralist discourse analysis of randomly sampled social work articles on resilience examines the discursive mechanisms through which the concept of resilience has been constructed in p...