Alternative currency movements as a challenge to globalisation? : a case study of Manchester's local currency networks

Alternative currency movements as a challenge to globalisation? a case study of Manchester's local currency networks

Introduction: money only has the value we give it? -- Context and theoretical background -- Developing a toolkit for understanding LETS: Social movement approaches -- Investigating social movements -- 'Dirty old town': urban change in Manchester -- Manchester's alternative currency...

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1. Verfasser: North, Peter (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Aldershot u.a. Ashgate c 2006
Schriftenreihe:Ashgate economic geography series
Schlagworte:
Tauschwirtschaft > Alternative Ökonomie > Manchester > Großbritannien > Local exchange trading systems > England > Geld > Alternative Wirtschaft > Währungssystem > Regionalwirtschaft > Soziale Bewegung > Zahlungsmittel
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction: money only has the value we give it? -- Context and theoretical background -- Developing a toolkit for understanding LETS: Social movement approaches -- Investigating social movements -- 'Dirty old town': urban change in Manchester -- Manchester's alternative currency networks -- LETS in Manchester -- The politics of LETS -- Self analysis: do members see LETS as a social movement? -- Transformation: LETS and economic development -- LETS and the inner city -- Explorations in heterotopia: the micropolitics of money, work and community -- Conclusions -- Conclusions: the long term trajectory of LETS
Beschreibung:Includes index
Beschreibung:VII, 186 S.
Ill.
ISBN:0754645916
0-7546-4591-6