Resilience and responsibility: Governing uncertainty in a complex world

Geographical Journal

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 15-26

  Welsh, Marc ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complex systems; Governance; Governmentality; Resilience; Responsibility; Risk

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; POLITICAL SYSTEM; RESILIENCE; STATE;

EID: 84892973218     PISSN: 00167398     EISSN: 14754959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geoj.12012     Document Type: Article

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