Promoting Resilience: Responding to Adversity, Vulnerability, and Loss

Bys: Gerry R. Cox and Neil Thompson

Book Overview

Promoting Resilience offers a fresh perspective that views resilience through a sociological lens, emphasizing the significance of loss issues and highlighting a range of practice implications across a wide range of fields.

Drawing on the expertise of a wide range of contributors, the book provides a solid foundation for developing a fuller and more holistic picture of the many challenges associated with promoting resilience. Chapters present a range of sociological perspectives that cast light on trauma and vulnerability. Combining theoretical richness with practical insights, chapter authors bring a sociological lens to enrich understanding of loss and adversity.

This volume offers a bedrock of understanding for students, clinicians, and researchers who want to extend and deepen their knowledge of the sociological aspects of overcoming life challenges.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367145626
• ISBN13: 9780367145620
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.9" x 6.0"