TY - JOUR TI - Structural foundations of social resilience T2 - Social Policy and Society VL - 19 IS - 4 AU - Dagdeviren, H. AU - Capucha, L. AU - Calado, A. AU - Donoghue, M. AU - Estêvão, P. PY - 2020 SP - 539-552 SN - 1474-7464 DO - 10.1017/S1474746420000032 UR - https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/social-policy-and-society/article/structural-foundations-of-social-resilience/C36F3975CC4E1F049866168C8FA94CD3 AB - This article aims to contribute to the theoretical development of the social resilience approach. Recognising the interface between resilience and poverty studies, it proposes a distinct role for resilience research from a critical perspective to understand the dynamics of hardship in exceptional times, such as times of socio-economic crises, rather than explaining the long-term trajectories of poverty. It then provides a conceptual framework on the structural foundations of social resilience, highlighting three components: rules, resources and power relations. The article uses the 2008 crisis and the ensuing period of austerity as a microcosm to place the discussion within a contemporary context. ER -