How Time Banking Helps Community Improve Better Public Services?
1. Literature Review
1.1 Literature Review of Time Banking
1.2 Research Gap in Time Banking
2. Theoretical Framework
2.1 Transformative Social Innovation and Social Exchange Theory
2.2 The Core Economy and Co-production: Community Currencies
2.3 The Analysis of Policies: Community Empowerment
2.4 Suggested Theorical Model
2.5 Hypothesis
3. Case Studies: How Time Banking Helps Community Improve Better Public Services?
3.1 United Kingdom (UK)
3.2 Australia
3.3 New Zealand
3.4 France
3.5 Germany
3.6 Switzerland
3.7 Japan
Main points in Chapter 3:
(1) Establishment: Who built? the relationship between government and Time Banking…
(2) Governance: How to supervise and governance? …
(3) Funding Resources: Who supports?…
(4) Operation: Community or network? How to exchange service? What’s the Time Banking role? What’s the value?…
(5) Members: Who join in? motivation …
(6) Services: What services Time Banking support? What benefits?…
(7) Public Services: Public Spirit, Community Cohesion, Community Development, Mental Health, Complementary Therapy, Lives of People, Government or Community’s Goals …
(8) The administrative divisions in China are different from those countries. The reason why time banks in those countries can be more successful is whether it is related to the administrative divisions…