Controlled Loss of Control: The Articulation of Resilience as ‘Empty Signifier’ in EU and NATO Policies
Contemporary European Politics,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
3(1)
Published: March 1, 2025
ABSTRACT
Resilience
is
frequently
used
in
EU
and
NATO
policies;
policy
interventions
have
been
designed
to
make
subjects
objects
more
resilient.
This
article
critically
examines
the
articulation
of
resilience
as
an
‘empty
signifier’
policies,
drawing
on
poststructuralist
theory
problematise
what
represented
be.
A
critical
methodology
analysis
allows
question
why
moved
up
EU's
NATO's
agenda
times
existential
crises.
contends
that
signifies
a
controlled
loss
control.
Seemingly
paradoxically,
stands
for
unfulfilled
demand.
The
frame
antidote
internal
vulnerabilities.
These
vulnerabilities
publicly
disclosed
after
recent
exogenous
shocks:
Covid‐19
pandemic
Russia's
2014
2022
invasions
Ukraine.
emptiness
makes
it
powerful
discursive
tool,
enabling
wide
range
materialise.
Language: Английский
Resilience as a ‘concept at work’ in the war in Ukraine: Exploring its international and domestic significance
Review of International Studies,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
50(4), P. 720 - 740
Published: April 22, 2024
Abstract
In
the
context
of
ongoing
war
in
Ukraine,
it
is
striking
that
there
have
been
many
references
to
resilience,
including
by
Western
and
Ukrainian
leaders.
This
article
precisely
about
their
use
resilience
discourse,
makes
two
important
contributions
existing
scholarship
on
conflict
settings.
First,
drawing
Ish-Shalom’s
idea
‘concepts
at
work’
analysing
a
selection
speeches
policy
statements
(by
leaders
President
Volodymyr
Zelensky)
specifically
refer
demonstrates
significant
‘concept
war,
making
certain
forms
international
domestic
politics
possible.
Second,
while
research
frequently
discusses
different
ways
concept
has
defined
approached
fields
such
as
engineering,
ecology,
psychology,
this
highlights
diverse
framings
become
entangled
‘at
Ukraine.
More
specifically,
its
analysis
prominent
fusion
resiliences
levels
–
from
individual
systemic
discursively
working
together
for
particular
political
ends.
way,
offers
novel
way
thinking
multi-systemically
and,
extension,
complexity.
Language: Английский
Social solidarity economy during the war: The sources of individual and community resilience
Problems and Perspectives in Management,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
22(3), P. 542 - 555
Published: Sept. 17, 2024
Due
to
the
full-scale
war
of
Russia
against
Ukraine
in
2022,
extreme
danger
and
vulnerability
have
caused
changes
social
economic
stability
a
person
both
on
individual
at
family
level,
various
groups,
as
well
territorial
communities.
Thus,
study
aims
investigate
sources
resilience
Ukraine’s
population
during
context
developing
solidarity
economy
Ukrainian
society
maintain
fragile
stability.
The
paper
investigates
main
reasons
for
displacement
Ukrainians,
explores
living
conditions
communities
where
they
moved,
identifies
socioeconomic
factors
ensuring
resistance
community
wartime.
applies
sociological
survey
involving
1,200
respondents.
results
show
that
Ukrainians
recognize
authority’s
right
make
authoritarian
decisions.
analysis
gives
empirical
evidence
sustainability
Ukraine.
This
includes
quantifying
role
financial
payments,
examining
intensification
ties,
evaluating
importance
resilience.
revealed
directions
supporting
within
under
conditions.
They
include
incentive
programs
returning
qualified
personnel,
powerful
tools
support,
encouraging
socially-oriented
small
businesses,
remote
employment,
state
local
support
public
organizations,
financing
initiatives.
AcknowledgmentsThe
publication
was
prepared
project
Jean
Monnet
Module
“Social
Solidarity
Economy:
implementing
EU
experience
Sustainable
Development”
(SSExpEU-101047518-GAP-101047518)
(2022–2025),
funded
by
European
Union.
Language: Английский