Trading Time: Can Exchange Lead to Social Change?
Lee Gregory
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Description for Trading Time: Can Exchange Lead to Social Change?
Hardback. 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. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JHBA; JKSN1; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 172 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
As time banking receives 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. It will be valuable for academics/researchers, the third/voluntary sectors and theoretical analysis of social policy and political ideologies.
As time banking receives 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. It will be valuable for academics/researchers, the third/voluntary sectors and theoretical analysis of social policy and political ideologies.
Product Details
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
474g
Number of Pages
212
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447318293
SKU
V9781447318293
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Lee Gregory
Dr Lee Gregory is Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Birmingham, Institute of Applied Social Sciences. He co-founded and co-facilitates Time4Research, is an associate member of CHASM based at the University of Birmingham and co-ordinates the Welfare Futures research group. His research interests are in poverty and asset-based welfare, youth policy, welfare ideology and alternative forms of welfare ... Read more
Reviews for Trading Time: Can Exchange Lead to Social Change?
A must-read for anyone interested in the topic as it helps to better understand the discursive nature of time. - Journal of Social Policy This accessible and well-structured book shows in a contemporary manner how using time as a resource can provide a way forward for social policy. Colin Williams, Sheffield University