I agree with Judy’s approach. Vulnerability may be regarded as a label that is embedded within discourses of recognition and misrecognition that influence how power is distributed in society. In market economies dominated by expectations of economic self-sufficiency, those outside of employment are likely to be constructed as vulnerable.
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