Moral money? LETS and the social construction of local economic geographies in Southeast England

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1377-1394

  Lee, R ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ROLE; LOCAL ECONOMY; LOCAL EXCHANGE AND TRADING SYSTEM; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION;

UK, ENGLAND, (SOUTHEAST);

EID: 0030431796     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a281377     Document Type: Article

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