ABSTRACT
Resilience in the US is typically conceived as either a process of healing for individuals and communities following a terrorist attack or alternatively as bolstering the protective and self-defence capabilities of likely targets of political violence. Resilience, understood as prevention, is far less common in the US. This chapter explores the historical and political–economic reasons for such a disparity. It argues that the legacy of White supremacy in the US and key anti-democratic dynamics in its political structures bias resilience away from the steps necessary to build preventative resilience. It concludes with an overview of prevention programmes and describes the possibility that a more preventative approach may be on the horizon, should federal support for it materialise.
