This book offers practical methodological tools for producing resilience evidence that is interpretable, comparable, and useful for decision-making in small island societies. It shows how researchers and policy partners can move from lived experience to robust indicators while preserving context, equity, and feasibility.

It develops a complete mixed-methods workflow for resilience research under conditions of interdependence, compound shocks, limited data, small populations, and governance constraints. The chapters guide readers through problem framing, narrative evidence, mechanism-building, indicator construction, interdisciplinary integration, compatibility analysis, and transparent reporting. Using the lenses of territorial imbrication and public choice compatibility, the book explains how system connections and implementation constraints can be built into research design. With templates, checklists, joint displays, and feasibility tools, it supports rigorous, reproducible, and policy-relevant resilience research.

Develops mixed-methods guidelines for resilience research in fragile and small-island contexts Offers ready-to-use templates, guides, and checklists to facilitate policy-relevant and decision-facing outputs Globally relevant and grounded in the author's long-standing engagement with the Francophone Caribbean

Autorentext

Christophe Providence is Professor at the Institut Universitaire des Sciences, Haiti, and a member of its Centre de Recherche Scientifique. His work examines territorial governance, public action, evaluation, and development under constraint, with a particular focus on resilience, public choices, and small-island societies in the Francophone Caribbean.

Inhalt

Chapter 1: General Introduction.- Part I: Theoretical spine and interdisciplinary design choices.- Chapter 2: Why 'From Narratives to Indicators' changes resilience research in small island societies.- Chapter 3: Territorial Imbrication Theory as a Method Engine, Not Just a Concept.- Chapter 4: Public Choice Compatibility Theory: Turning Political Feasibility into an Explicit Research Object.- Chapter 5: Building the Interdisciplinary Architecture: Team Roles, Integration Points, and Governance of Evidence.- Part I: Recap.- Part II: The pipeline: narratives mechanisms variables indicators.- Chapter 6: Narrative Data Collection: Interviews, Focus Groups, and Institutional Ethnography in Small Island Contexts.- Chapter 7: From Narratives to Mechanisms: Coding, Causal Stories, and Resilience Pathways.- Chapter 8: Construct Validity as Translation Work: Turning Mechanisms into Measurable Constructs.- Chapter 9: Quantitative Module: Indicator Construction, Normalization, and Uncertainty.- Part II: Recap.- Part III. Integration and decision-facing outputs.- Chapter 10: Mixed-Methods Integration: Joint Displays, Triangulation, and Contradiction as Evidence.- Chapter 11: Territorial Imbrication Mapping: Spatial, Network, and Multi-Level Visualization for Resilience.- Chapter 12: Public Choice Compatibility Analysis: From Stakeholder Preference to Implementable Policy Bundles.- Chapter 13: Communicating Results and Co-Designing Resilience Action: Turning Evidence into Legitimate Choices.- Chapter 14: Replication Package and Open, Ethical Interdisciplinarity: Making Your Study Portable.- Part III: Recap.- Chapter 15: General Conclusion From Narratives to Indicators.