Trading Time: Can Exchange Lead to Social Change?

Description

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 esearchers, the third/voluntary sectors and theoretical analysis of social policy and political ideologies.

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 provision.

"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