{"product_id":"the-value-of-resilience-chris-zebrowski-9780415735186","title":"The Value of Resilience: Securing Life in the Twenty-First Century","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Value of Resilience\u003c\/em\u003e represents one of the first systematic studies of resilience in the field of security studies. At the turn of the twenty-first century, resilience has become a 'buzz-word' within fields as diverse as network engineering, ecosystems management, child psychology and military training programmes. Resilience has emerged as a solution to the common problematic of radical contingency experienced across these fields. At its most general level resilience is understood as the capacity to absorb, withstand and 'bounce-back' quickly and efficiently from a perturbation. It is considered to be both a natural property and a quality which can be improved within a broad array of complex systems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRather than treating resilience as either a unified concept or technique of governance, this book analyses resilience as an emergent security value. Utilizing a biopolitical analytic, it demonstrates that the value of resilience has appreciated alongside transformations in the order of power\/knowledge enacted by political economies of security. Zebrowski argues that resilience was not lying in wait for the march of science to provide the conditions for its recognition. Nor was it concealed by the distortions of ideology which lifted with the culmination of the Cold War. There is nothing natural about resilience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy drawing attention to the complex historical processes and significant governmental efforts required to make resilience possible, this book aims to open up a space through which the value of resilience may be more critically interrogated. It will be of interest to students and scholars of international relations, security studies and conflict resolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chris Zebrowski\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415735181\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415735186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/03\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 0.60d","brand":"Chris Zebrowski","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086649569535,"sku":"9780415735186","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3c8cb6d8-8e86-40b9-bc7a-553b3b88cc9f.jpg?v=1769095812","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-value-of-resilience-chris-zebrowski-9780415735186","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}