Although illicit exchange has also been an organized, silent, and ever-present response to harsh economic crisis, only protest and social movements have captured scholars' attention. In order to fill this void, this paper analyzes the emergence of illegal markets under situations of social...

State concerns about crime and security issues have strongly affected conceptions of economic action outside the law, a traditional field of research in sociology. This increasing encroachment by policy-related concerns on the intellectual framework of the discipline has led, on one hand, to an...

Es ist die Mehrheit der Weltbevölkerung, die auf Schattenmärkten arbeitet. Mit zunehmender Tendenz. Die Autoren zeigen, wie solche illegalen Märkte funktionieren, wie Menschen dort leben und arbeiten. Ihre Analyse überrascht und verändert den Blick auf dieses Wirtschaften. Markenpiraterie...

From illegal drugs, stolen artwork, and forged trademarks, to fraud in financial markets - the phenomenon of illegality in market exchanges is pervasive. Illegal markets have great economic significance, have relevant social and political consequences, and shape economic and political...