The Challenges of Vulnerability

The Challenges of Vulnerability
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 268
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ISBN-10 : 9780230316690
ISBN-13 : 0230316697
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Book Synopsis The Challenges of Vulnerability by : B. Misztal

Download or read book The Challenges of Vulnerability written by B. Misztal and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-10-02 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proposing an aggregative conception of vulnerability, this book provides a new framework for understanding individual experience of, and resilience to, vulnerability and promotes the need to find remedies for exposure to involuntary dependence, the unsecured future and the painful past.

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