Giacomo Bazzani - When Money Changes Society: The case of Sardex money as community

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This book is the result of research undertaken in the PhD programme in Social and Political Change at the Universities of Turin and Florence. My supervisor was Prof. Carlo Trigilia who accompanied the research in all its parts with passion, availability and professionalism. The entire PhD programme board has always encouraged and followed all the research with useful tips. In particular, I must thank Prof. Marco Bontempi who provided constant help, support and encouragement at every stage of the research.

Thanks are due to Sardex Ltd, its founders and all the staff whose willingness and availability made this research easier.

The research benefited from a One Year Research Grant (91660080) obtained from the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) which made it possible to refine the interpretation of the results during the 2017/2018 academic year while visiting the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne and the University of Trier. An earlier version of the thesis was discussed at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne and benefited from the helpful advice of the Director, Prof. Jens Beckert, Wolfgang Streek, Fritz Scharpf, John Wilkinson, Benjamin Braun, Gregory Ferguson as well as numerous researchers at the institute. An earlier version of the research was also presented at Trier University and it benefited from the useful suggestions of Prof. Andrea Maurers research group, especially Michael Anger and Clemens Schmidt. Special thanks go to Prof. Andrea Maurer for her constant feedback which helped identify the social mechanisms and for her enthusiasm throughout the research.

Parts of the research were also discussed at conferences and seminars at the Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences in Athens, The New School in New York, the University of Constance, the University of Florence, the University of Lyon 1, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya of Barcelona, the University of Helsinki, the University of Oslo, the University of Rome La Sapienza the many comments received were beneficial. I had the opportunity to discuss the research and receive very useful advice from Patrick Aspers, Delia Baldassarri, Filippo Barbera, Jrme Blanc, Maurizio Catino, Dimitri DAndrea, Nigel Dodd, Alberto Gherardini, Giorgio Grossi, Peter Hedstrm, Lars Mjset, Paolo Perulli, Aaron Pitluck, Francesco Ramella, Roberta Ricucci and Akos Rona-Tas. Useful advice also came from the two reviewers who contributed to the final version of the text through two review rounds.

The English language manuscript editing was funded by the Inter-University Centre for Political Sociology of the Universities of Florence, Perugia and Genoa. Jane Ferguson Simpson has done an excellent and accurate job of translating and proof-reading which led to the current version of the text.

This project has taken five years and I would never have been able to carry it out on my own: I wish to thank all my family who accompanied me with trust and generosity during this extraordinary experience.