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Mapping Resilience Theory: A Metatheoretical Exploration

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These opening quotes highlight two metatheoretical aspects of scientific concepts that are the focus of this chapter. First, complex concepts and theories are constituted by a kind of multilayered history in what they mean and how they are used. Second, those constitutive layers are always situated in normative contexts of human meaning making and goal seeking.

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Edwards, M.G. (2020). Mapping Resilience Theory: A Metatheoretical Exploration. In: Endress, M., Clemens, L., Rampp, B. (eds) Strategies, Dispositions and Resources of Social Resilience. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-29059-7_2

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