Vulnerability and Social Control at the Margins: A Contribution to an Interdisciplinary Trialogue on Vulnerability

Kate Brown

doi:10.1007/s10746-024-09734-5

Vulnerability and Social Control at the Margins: A Contribution to an Interdisciplinary Trialogue on Vulnerability

Kate Brown

Social Policy and Social Work

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Abstract

This paper is part of a special issue which brings three different approaches to vulnerability into conversation with one another to foster interdisciplinary intellectual co-operation in vulnerability studies. The essay focuses on UK-based applied social science research which centres dynamics of care and social control in how vulnerability is created, experienced and governed, through attention to the voices and perspectives of those deemed vulnerable. Bringing together key themes from a number of empirical studies, the essay provides an overview of theoretical approach on vulnerability, associated research methods including co-production with ‘vulnerable’ people, then draws together insights from the studies and implications for future directions in vulnerability studies. In focussing on lived experiences of those who are socially disadvantaged, disproportionately victimised and at the same time deemed a social problem and controlled in ways that intensify suffering, the essay sets out how social control and marginalisation might usefully be held more to the fore in vulnerability conceptualisations to offer firmer foundations for supporting social justice.

Original language	English
Number of pages	20
Journal	Human studies
Early online date	22 Jul 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10746-024-09734-5
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 22 Jul 2024

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