Recasting work: The example of local exchange trading schemes

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 565-579

  Aldridge, Theresa ^a   Tooke, Jane ^b   Lee, Roger ^c   Leyshon, Andrew ^d   Thrift, Nigel ^e   Williams, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0035458265     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/09500170122119156     Document Type: Article

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