Ten square miles surrounded by reality? materialising alternative economies using local currencies

Auteur(s) et Affiliation(s)



Description :
Based on fieldwork in the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany, this article discusses the capacity of activists to create alternative forms of currency that communicate the organisers’ visions of a localised economy, before examining material practices: for whom do the currencies work, and who struggles to use them? It argues that economic actors in similar positions respond to the same stimuli in different ways, and local business owners and activists can form productive alli-ances to develop their shared project.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Antipode, issn : 0066-4812, 2014, vol. 46, n°. 1, p. 246-265, nombre de pages : 20, Références bibliographiques : 2 p.

Date :
2014

Editeur :
Pays édition : Royaume-Uni, Oxford, Blackwell