2 out of 4 stars
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"Unity and coexistence bring prosperity--segregation and alienation bring socio-economic disparity, life instability, and deep recessions." Mohamed Buheji
Understanding the Power of Resilience Economy: An Inter-Disciplinary Perspective to Change the World Attitude to Socio-Economic Crisis by Mohamed Buheji provides the reader with examples and stories of how RE can improve the socio-economy to better align people's wants according to their means.
The book includes ten chapters that provide a comprehensive guide on the benefits of resilience economy. The first two chapters define RE and how it can improve the socio-economy. Chapter three takes a look at the history and latest developments of RE. Chapters four and five address the different RE types and enablers. Chapters six and seven discuss managing change and the use of resilience engineering for building and improving better transformation. Chapter eight incorporates the preceding chapters as it addresses how and when RE is measured. The final two chapters include problem-solving discussions regarding complex resilience practices, sustainability, and creating reference models. The author stresses that the success of RE relies on multisectoral expertise, as well as the importance of introducing it at the right time by implementing it into policies and programs. The book also provides examples to inspire and ensure a sustainable resilient economy and how countries such as Germany, Switzerland, and Austria were among the first to become resilient.
The author's meticulous research of the power of resilience economy is the strength of the book. Concepts are broken down simply so that even readers like me, who have not been schooled in economics can understand the basics of RE and its benefits. For instance, the book reminds the reader that resilience is defined "in terms of the ability to recover quickly from the effect of an adverse incident" which helped clarify the concept. Interestingly, Google was featured in one of the chapter stories as the lead world company practicing the spirit of resilience.
However, it appears from the sentence structure that English isn't the author's first language. As is often the case, when an author must rely on translations, clear precise wording was intermixed with awkward wording used in the wrong context. I admire the author's ambition, as I can't imagine attempting to write in a different language. Nonetheless, the content lost in translation did require multiple readings for clarity, which detracted from the overall quality of the book.
There was also a pattern of poorly punctuated run-on sentences. For example: "Today having a book about resilience economy might be seen as a luxury business idea or a theory, however you just take a pause and think about it we are practicing for sure some resilience economy in different ways without may be realising it, however the more we are aware and intentionally use these practices the more we can influence our socio-economy to be more agile and resilient to any sudden or unplanned shocks." Enough said.
In consideration of the translation and editorial issues, I rate this book 2 out of 4 stars. Overall, the well-researched book would greatly benefit from an additional edit. The book concludes with some thought-provoking questions and an extensive list of reference sources. I recommend it as a helpful resource for those interested in learning more about implementing resilience economy. On the other hand, readers who dislike reading about economics will probably prefer to skip this one.
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Understanding the Power of Resilience Economy
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