‘Perception matters’: New insights into the subjective dimension of resilience in the context of humanitarian and food security crises

In the emerging literature on resilience in relation to food security, a growing number of studies stress the need to expand our analysis beyond conventional socio-economic factors such as assets or social capital, and to consider less tangible elements such as risk perception, self-efficacy or aspi...

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Main Authors: Béné, Christophe, Frankenberger, Timothy, Griffin, Tiffany, Langworthy, Mark, Mueller, Monica, Martin, Stephanie
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: SAGE Publications 2019
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/103196
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author Béné, Christophe
Frankenberger, Timothy
Griffin, Tiffany
Langworthy, Mark
Mueller, Monica
Martin, Stephanie
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description In the emerging literature on resilience in relation to food security, a growing number of studies stress the need to expand our analysis beyond conventional socio-economic factors such as assets or social capital, and to consider less tangible elements such as risk perception, self-efficacy or aspiration. Drawing on the recent literature and the authors’ own experience, a conceptual framework of subjective resilience is proposed. The framework helps locating the subjective element of resilience within the wider resilience conceptualization as currently developed in the literature on food security and to clarify how it links to the more tangible elements of that conceptualization. Empirical data are then used to test the framework. The analysis demonstrates the relevance of the concept of subjective resilience and the central role that psychosocial factors and individual perceptions play in people’s construct of resilience in the context of humanitarian and food security crises. The article concludes with a discussion of the implications of those findings.
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spelling CGSpace1031962025-11-12T05:52:39Z ‘Perception matters’: New insights into the subjective dimension of resilience in the context of humanitarian and food security crises Béné, Christophe Frankenberger, Timothy Griffin, Tiffany Langworthy, Mark Mueller, Monica Martin, Stephanie food security resilience disasters development In the emerging literature on resilience in relation to food security, a growing number of studies stress the need to expand our analysis beyond conventional socio-economic factors such as assets or social capital, and to consider less tangible elements such as risk perception, self-efficacy or aspiration. Drawing on the recent literature and the authors’ own experience, a conceptual framework of subjective resilience is proposed. The framework helps locating the subjective element of resilience within the wider resilience conceptualization as currently developed in the literature on food security and to clarify how it links to the more tangible elements of that conceptualization. Empirical data are then used to test the framework. The analysis demonstrates the relevance of the concept of subjective resilience and the central role that psychosocial factors and individual perceptions play in people’s construct of resilience in the context of humanitarian and food security crises. The article concludes with a discussion of the implications of those findings. 2019-07 2019-08-14T16:43:50Z 2019-08-14T16:43:50Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/103196 en Open Access application/pdf SAGE Publications Béné, Christophe; Frankenberger, Timothy; Griffin, Tiffany; Langworthy, Mark; Mueller, Monica & Martin, Stephanie. (2019). ‘Perception matters’: New insights into the subjective dimension of resilience in the context of humanitarian and food security crises. Progress in Development Studies, 19(3): 186-210
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Griffin, Tiffany
Langworthy, Mark
Mueller, Monica
Martin, Stephanie
‘Perception matters’: New insights into the subjective dimension of resilience in the context of humanitarian and food security crises
title ‘Perception matters’: New insights into the subjective dimension of resilience in the context of humanitarian and food security crises
title_full ‘Perception matters’: New insights into the subjective dimension of resilience in the context of humanitarian and food security crises
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title_short ‘Perception matters’: New insights into the subjective dimension of resilience in the context of humanitarian and food security crises
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resilience
disasters
development
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