Community or complementary currency systems have spread all around the world. Most
often, they have been promoted as tools to foster sustainable development albeit they differ …

Despite the ubiquity of disaster and the increasing toll in human lives and financial costs,
much research and policy remain focused on physical infrastructure–centered approaches …

Time banking is deemed as a sustainable solution to meet the needs of social services in
local communities. This is particularly so for elderly care related services as many countries …

There is considerable evidence that various psychiatric conditions can be prevented through
the implementation of effective evidence-based interventions. Since a large proportion of …

Commercial peer-to-peer service exchange businesses, such as AirBnB, Lyft and
TaskRabbit, are expanding rapidly, but their non-profit counterparts are lagging behind. We …

Objectives Austerity in government funding, and public service reform, has heightened
expectations on UK communities to develop activities and resources supportive of …

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 …

Social media is changing the narrative during crisis events. It has facilitated citizen-led
emergency dispatch and rescue, information sharing and communication between loved …

Western governments are increasingly trying to stimulate citizens to coproduce public
services by, among other strategies, offering them financial incentives. However, there are …

Community currency is an understudied, alternative social movement. These local networks
are grassroots, collective efforts to form an alternative market with the hopes of empowering …