Bridges into Work? An Evaluation of Local Exchange and Trading Schemes (LETS)

By Colin Williams, T. Aldridge, Roger Lee, Andrew Leyshon, Nigel Thrift, Jane Tooke. 2001

155 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Management of Technology and Innovation, Sociology and Political Science

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In Economics and Econometrics

1. Noel Longhurst
2. Kristofer Dittmer
3. M. Evans
4. Gill Seyfang
5. S. Syrett

In Management of Technology and Innovation

1. Gill Seyfang
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1. Noel Longhurst
2. Kristofer Dittmer
3. M. Evans
4. Gill Seyfang
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Citations in the corpus

• Local currencies for purposive degrowth? A quality check of some proposals for changing money-as-usual (2013, background): “Although LETS have been found to boost self-confidence (Williams et al., 2001), its persistent shortage among vulnerable populations that feel that they have nothing to offer has been discerned as the major barrier to LETS-based mitigation of social exclusion (North, 1996).”
• Growing green money? Mapping community currencies for sustainable development (2013, background): “Existing academic research has examined CCs as initiatives to: tackle social exclusion and unemployment (Pearson, 2003; Seyfang, 2001b, 2003, 2004; Williams et al., 2001); localise economies and improve resilience (Graugaard, 2012; Gregory, 2009); build social capital and civic engagement (Collom,…”
• Desperately seeking niches: Grassroots innovations and niche development in the community currency field (2013, background): “Previous academic research has examined community currencies as initiatives to: tackle social exclusion and unemployment (Williams et al., 2001; Pearson, 2003; Seyfang, 2001b, 2002, 2003, 2004); localise economies and improve resilience (Graugaard, 2012; Gregory, 2009); build social capital and…”
• Generating Social Capital? (2007, background): “…as Time Banks, Credit Unions and Local Exchange Trading Schemes [LETS]), which maximize the potential for membership and network building, not only generate social capital but also enhance the community economy at the same time (ONS, 2001b; Seyfang, 2001; Williams et al., 2001; Lee et al., 2004).”