Burgess, G;
Durrant, D;
(2019)
Reciprocity in the Co-Production of Public Services: The Role of Volunteering through Community Time Exchange?
Social Policy and Society
, 18
(2)
pp. 171-186.
10.1017/S1474746418000076.
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Abstract
Time Credits are a form of community currency based upon the reciprocal exchange of time and represent an interpretation of ‘time banking’ by a UK social enterprise, Spice. This article sets out the contribution made by research on Time Credits to the theory and practice of co-production in public services. Time Credits are intended to improve wellbeing through volunteering and ultimately increase economic participation. There is a focus on communities exhibiting high levels of deprivation within a small Cambridgeshire town (Wisbech, UK) which is geographically isolated and characterised by low-skilled, agri-food based employment opportunities that attracted high levels of inward migration from the A8 EU accession countries. In separating the rhetoric from the reality of co-production, the research aims to shed some light upon the extent to which such initiatives can realistically engender a shift towards a more reciprocal economy in the context of an ongoing programme of fiscal austerity.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Reciprocity in the Co-Production of Public Services: The Role of Volunteering through Community Time Exchange? |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1017/S1474746418000076 |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.1017/S1474746418000076 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Co-production, Social Enterprise, Reciprocity, Austerity |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > The Bartlett School of Planning |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10069532 |
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