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Welfare reform in the wake of austerity has fostered increased interest in self-help initiatives within the community sector. Time banking, one of a number of complementary currency systems, has received increasing attention from policy makers as a means for promoting welfare reform. This book exami...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gregory, Lee, 1984- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol : Policy Press, 2015.
Temas:
Time banking.
Local exchange trading systems.
Social change.
Systèmes d'échanges locaux.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Services.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Policy.
Local exchange trading systems
Social change
Time banking
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • TRADING TIME; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; Time rather than social exchange; Why time?; Exploring time and time banking; Book structure; 2. Austerity and its alternatives; Neoliberal hybrids: market values in the wrong place; Austerity: constructing the neoliberal response to the financial crisis; Challenging 'austerity' and neoliberal hybridity; Conclusion; 3. Time for an alternative; Value and time; Time and social policy; Temporal reordering and citizenship; Conclusion; 4. Time banking; Time banking: origins and theory; Time bank theory: co-production; Global developments
  • Conclusion5. Repositioning time bank theory; Time as a resource: active citizenship and self-help; Articulating non-market values; Repositioning time bank theory; Conclusion; 6. Resistance or resilience?; Resilience; Third sector organisation, co-option and resilience; Resilience and social change; Conclusion; 7. Conclusion; The analytical framework: time; Developing alternative policies; Conclusion; References; Index

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