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ALTERNATIVE CURRENCY MOVEMENTS AS A CHALLENGE TO GLOBALIZATION?
A CASE STUDY OF MANCHESTER'S LOCAL CURRENCY NETWORKS |
| By: |
Peter North |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| List price:
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£65.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0754645916 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780754645917 |
| Publisher: |
ASHGATE PUBLISHING GROUP |
| Pub. date: |
7 February, 2006 |
| Series: |
Economic Geography S. |
| Pages: |
260 |
| Description: |
Local money networks, which are essentially trading networks using a community-created currency, have emerged in countries. Drawing on an ethnographic case study of alternative currency movements in Manchester, UK, this book provides an analysis of the motivations, aims, successes and failures of alternative currency networks. |
| Synopsis: |
Over the past 15 years, local money networks, which are essentially trading networks using a community-created currency, have emerged in countries. They range from Local Exchange Trading Schemes (UK), to Time Dollars (US), Green Dollars (New Zealand, Australia and Canada), Trading Circles (Hungary), Barter Networks (Argentina) and Talents (Germany). Drawing on an ethnographic case study of alternative currency movements in Manchester, UK, this book provides an analysis of the motivations, aims, successes and failures of alternative currency networks. It also raises questions such as the contribution of the alternative currency movement to current debates about alternatives to neoliberalism. While it is theoretically informed, critical and grounded in fieldwork, it is also sympathetic to the political aims of the protagonists and cognisant of the non-economic benefits that arise from their development. |
| Illustrations: |
2 b&w illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Ashgate Publishing Limited |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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