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This book provides critical perspectives on contemporary collaborative consumption, a recent societal phenomenon shaking up previously fixed socio-economic categories such as the producer and the consumer. The contributors discuss the role of trust and reciprocity in collaborative consumption through seven case studies. The chapters advance debates on the contradictions of positioning collaborative consumption as possible solutions for a more sustainable development and exacerbating new forms of inequalities and injustice. The book contributes a nuanced appraisal of social and economic activity for reflecting socio-technological changes in contemporary societies.

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Reciprocity in the sharing economy: the case for time banking platforms.- Collective representation on collaborative economy platforms.- “Foodsharing”: Reflecting on individualized collective action in a collaborative consumption community organization.- Riding free-riders? A study of the phenomenon of BlaBlaCar in Italy.- The sharing economy and young people: an exploratory research project.-Collaborative consumption and trust-building processes in the emerging new food economy.- Shared use and owning of clothes: borrow, steal or inherit.

Contemporary Collaborative Consumption: Trust and

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      Publisher Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden
      Published 5 June 2018
      ISBN-13 9783658213459
      978-3658213459
      ISBN-10 3658213450
      Also in:
      Politics, Philosophy & Society Occupational and industrial psychology Sociology Sociology: work and labour

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book provides critical perspectives on contemporary collaborative consumption, a recent societal phenomenon shaking up previously fixed socio-economic categories such as the producer and the consumer. The contributors discuss the role of trust and reciprocity in collaborative consumption through seven case studies. The chapters advance debates on the contradictions of positioning collaborative consumption as possible solutions for a more sustainable development and exacerbating new forms of inequalities and injustice. The book contributes a nuanced appraisal of social and economic activity for reflecting socio-technological changes in contemporary societies.

      Table of Contents
      Reciprocity in the sharing economy: the case for time banking platforms.- Collective representation on collaborative economy platforms.- “Foodsharing”: Reflecting on individualized collective action in a collaborative consumption community organization.- Riding free-riders? A study of the phenomenon of BlaBlaCar in Italy.- The sharing economy and young people: an exploratory research project.-Collaborative consumption and trust-building processes in the emerging new food economy.- Shared use and owning of clothes: borrow, steal or inherit.

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