dc.contributor.author
Parker, Rita
dc.date.accessioned
2018-06-08T08:04:41Z
dc.date.available
2015-06-17T11:48:18.269Z
dc.identifier.uri
https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/19304
dc.identifier.uri
http://dx.doi.org/10.17169/refubium-22962
dc.description.abstract
This paper sets out a number of lessons to be learned about the policy
challenges associated with the resilience concept. In fact, these are more
accurately described as lessons observed because they are not lessons learned
until they are implemented. Consequently, this paper identifies a number of
challenges for policy makers and it does so by setting those issues within the
conceptual framework of a resilience continuum whereby individual nation
states and civil-societies can be at different stages of resilience at any
given time. Resilience is part of a complex integrated dynamic system
influenced by a range of different actors and variables at any given time. The
first challenge for policy makers is to understand the way policy issues are
framed and, correspondingly, the way resilience is framed as part of any
response mechanism to address a given policy problem. A critical lesson is the
importance of determining whom or what needs to be made resilient against what
threat or risk as part of a resilience continuum. This presents a number of
significant and complex decisions regarding the allocation of finite
resources. Associated with this issue is the recognition that some parts of
the system of a nation state or its civil society may fail or, indeed, be
allowed to fail. This holds a number of ethical challenges for policy-makers.
A key lesson to be learned is that by ascribing resilience as a desirable
goal, there need to be clear milestones to indicate stages of achievement.
Currently this is a significant omission in policy papers and implementation
strategies. This paper also highlights that by adopting the resilience
concept, a greater number of actors will be involved and co-opted as part of a
wider shared responsibility for its implementation. Particular attention is
given to the roles of organisations, as part of the critical infrastructure
sector, as potential enablers or inhibitors of resilience. This is an area
that requires further research.
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dc.relation.ispartofseries
urn:nbn:de:kobv:188-fudocsseries000000000267-9
dc.rights.uri
http://www.fu-berlin.de/sites/refubium/rechtliches/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject.ddc
300 Sozialwissenschaften::320 Politikwissenschaft
dc.title
Lessons Learned on Resilience
refubium.affiliation
Politik- und Sozialwissenschaften
de
refubium.mycore.fudocsId
FUDOCS_document_000000022675
refubium.series.issueNumber
11.2015
refubium.series.name
NFG Policy Paper Series
refubium.mycore.derivateId
FUDOCS_derivate_000000005083
dcterms.accessRights.openaire
open access
dcterms.isPartOf.issn
2194-184x
dcterms.isPartOf.issn
2194-1858