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Equal Time, Equal Value - Community Currencies and Time Banking in the US (Paperback)
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Equal Time, Equal Value - Community Currencies and Time Banking in the US (Paperback)
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Equal Time, Equal Value is the first systematic investigation of
Time Banking in the United States. Drawing upon detailed case
studies and making use of a mix of qualitative and quantitative
data this book explores the most popular type of what has been
called 'community currencies', in which localized systems based on
time or dollar equivalents act as the medium of exchange. As such,
it offers rich insights into the challenge presented by Time
Banking to both the traditional social service and economic models,
through the creation of an environment of reciprocity in which
everyone's work has equal value. Locating Time Banking within the
context of community currencies more generally and investigating
the particular characteristics that are central to the production
of positive outcomes, Equal Time, Equal Value examines the
organizational characteristics of Time Banks, as well as the
motivations of members, types and patterns of exchanges, and the
effects on members of Time Bank participation in the USA. A timely
and detailed exploration of exchange systems at a time of rising
unemployment and declining confidence in global economic
structures, this book will appeal to sociologists, cultural
geographers and anthropologists with interests in social movements,
the sociology of work, health promotion and policy, inequality and
questions of the creation of community and sustainability.
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