Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This article investigates the practice of time banking through two empirical cases in Taiwan, arguing that such initiatives with innovative measures can function not merely as providing alternative services in aging societies but also as mechanisms for fostering community integration and pursuing social value. The article applies an analytic framework that integrates the spectrum of time banking and the characteristics of the social and solidarity economy. The analysis illustrates how these time banking practices generate interpersonal trust, intergenerational engagement, and community cohesion. While these cases do not fully conform to the social and solidarity economy parameters, they nonetheless offer significant conceptual and practical insights for advancing social and solidarity economy-oriented approaches in Taiwan.
Author: Szu-hung Fang
Institution: National Taiwan University
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4410418624