Alternative Exchange Spaces

Williams, Colin C.; Aldridge, Theresa; Tooke, Jane

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“…Even then, the social economy in such areas play a complementary role to state and market, as the circuit of responding to local social needs through the mobilization of the socially excluded, often as a conscious ethical or ideological choice on the part of participants to engage in socially useful or empowering economic activity (Williams, Aldridge and Tooke, 2003). These are the kind of circumstances required in the areas of marked economic and social deprivation for the social economy to play an adjunct role.…”

Section: The Localization Of the Socialmentioning

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Local community on trial

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2005

Economy and Society

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Section: The Localization Of the Socialmentioning

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Local community on trial

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2005

Economy and Society

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“…capacity of workers to produce things of value), thus that value appropriated – above the equivalent price of labor – was surplus value. Building upon the labor theory of value, Jonas suggests that for those advocating alternative economies, …”

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“…Jonas draws heavily from examples of LETS (Lee et al. 2004; Williams et al. 2003) and ‘time banking’ (Seyfang 2010), arguing that if we are to take alternatives serious as alternatives to mainstream capitalist labor practices, we must fully examine the ways in which alternative systems organize and value labor.…”

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‘The Focus Has to be on Helping People Make a Living’: Exploring Diverse Economies and Alternative Economic Spaces

Fickey

2011

Geography Compass

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The last decade has brought forth substantial growth in the study of diverse economies and alternative economic spaces within the field of geography. The publication of Gibson‐Graham’s (1996) groundbreaking work The end of capitalism (as we knew it): a feminist critique of political economy was essential for creating a space in which researchers could explore economic alternatives and bring into being the diverse economies research program. In this article, I first explore the ‘birth’ of the diverse economies research program. Then, I examine the critical mass of scholarship in which geographers, as well as researchers in other fields, have begun ‘reading for difference’ in the economic landscape. Finally, I consider criticisms of this literature as well as new intellectual pathways for research, focusing primarily on the role of the state and circuits of value. In many ways, literature on diverse economies and alternative economic spaces may seem polarized between believers and skeptics. However, this polarization has been fruitful. In essence, it has prevented ‘blindness’ in this field of study. Geographers continue to refine what constitutes a diverse economy and alternative economic space, and there is recognition of continuing need for further development of ideas and refinement of existing knowledge.

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“…What Williams et al describe as the "social economy" refers to work done that is "based on not-for-profit principles in the sense that the initiative does not seek to expropriate a profit from its operations" and "is conducted by such initiatives [that] include economic activities that seek to fulfill people's needs and wants through the production and/or distribution of goods and services." 72 What distinguishes the social economy from "more informal kinship, neighbourhood and community networks" is "a form of association that provides an organizational framework for the pursuit of collective self-help activities." 73 One example of this kind of association is a Local Exchange and Trading Scheme (LETS).…”

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Fear's Anger: Virginia Woolf's Psychology and Deliberative Democracy

Stein

2009

New Political Science

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‘The Focus Has to be on Helping People Make a Living’: Exploring Diverse Economies and Alternative Economic Spaces

Fear's Anger: Virginia Woolf's Psychology and Deliberative Democracy

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