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1 online resource |
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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 |
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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 |
| Summary |
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 examines time banking theory and practice by drawing on the social theory of time to examine the tension between time bank values and those of policy makers. It argues that time banking is a means of promoting social change but is hindered by its co-option into neo-liberal thinking |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 4, 2015) |
| Subject |
Time banking.
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Local exchange trading systems.
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Social change.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Services.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Policy.
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Local exchange trading systems
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Social change
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Time banking
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781447318316 |
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1447318315 |
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