Trading time : can exchange lead to social change? / [electronic resource]
Gregory, Lee,1984-author.
As time banking has received increased attention from policy makers as a means for promoting welfare reform in the wake of austerity, this book is the first to look at the concept of time within social policy to examine time banking theory and practice.
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
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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As time banking has received increased attention from policy makers as a means for promoting welfare reform in the wake of austerity, this book is the first to look at the concept of time within social policy to examine time banking theory and practice.
Local exchange trading systems.
Social change.