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Title The architecture of illegal markets : towards an economic sociology of illegality in the economy / edited by Jens Beckert and Matías Dewey
Published Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2017

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Contents Cover; The Architecture of Illegal Markets: Towards an Economic Sociology of Illegality in the Economy; Copyright; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; 1: Introduction: The Social Organization of Illegal Markets; Illegal Markets; States and Illegal Markets; Selective Enforcement; Enforcement of Informal Rules; Illegality and Informality in Markets; Illegality and Legitimacy in Markets; Sources of Legitimacy; Dialogue among Research Perspectives; Illegality and Legality in Markets; The Architecture of Illegal Markets; Illegality and Capitalism
Illegality and Economic DynamicsIllegality in the Capitalist Core; Tax Havens; Conclusion; References; Part I: Conceptualizing Illegal Markets; 2: Illegal Markets: Boundaries and Interfaces between Legality and Illegality; Legality and Illegality; Legality and Legitimacy; Illegal Markets and Other Kinds of Illegality; Interfaces between Legal and Illegal Action Systems; References; Part II: Secrecy and Illegal Markets; 3: Secrecy and Frontiers in Illegal Organ Transplantation; Introduction; The Legal Dimension; Violence, Secrecy, and Frontiers; Secrecy; Frontiers
Illegal Transactions: Violence, Globalization, and the ̀̀Work of ConcealmentV́́iolence; Globalization; Secrecy and Frontiers; Conclusion; References; 4: What Is Grey about the ̀̀Grey Market ́́in Antiquities?; Introduction; The Functioning of the Illicit Trade in Antiquities; Antiquities Market Features that Facilitate ̀̀Greying;́́ Use of the Concept of the Grey Market in the Literature on Illicit Antiquities; Three Main Ways that the Market Might Be Considered Grey; Mixed Streams of Supply; Changing Status of Individual Objects as They Pass through Trafficking Networks
Neutralization and the Greying of the Moral Psychological Processes of EngagementWhat Does This Mean for Our Broader Understanding of Grey Markets?; References; 5: Governance in Online Stolen Data Markets; Introduction; Economic Organization of Two-Sided Markets; Understanding Illicit Online Data Markets; Governance in Online Stolen Data Markets; Second- and Third-Party Trust-Creating Mechanisms; Discussion; Conclusion; References; 6: Futurity, Offshore, and the International Political Economy of Crime; Introduction; Economies of Past and Future; Futurity and the Twilight Economy
The Offshore EconomyOffshore and Crime: The Conventional Story; Offshore Crime and Futurity; References; Part III: The State in Informal Market Places; 7: State-Sponsored Protection Rackets: Regulating the Market for Counterfeit Clothing in Argentina; Introduction; Protection Rackets and the State; Methods; Sweatshops and Counterfeiting: A Macro Perspective; The Marketplace: A Brief Introduction; Protection Rackets and the Police; Protection Rackets and Politics; State-Sponsored Protection: A Micro Perspective; Conclusion; References
Summary This book makes a contribution to understanding the structure of markets on which such illegal transactions occur. The authors apply the tools of economic sociology to develop conceptual frames allowing to understand the organization of such markets and present case studies that provide insights into the illegal side of the economy
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Economics -- Sociological aspects.
Markets.
Illegality.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Reference.
Economics -- Sociological aspects.
Illegality.
Markets.
Schwarzmarkt
Illegalität
Markt.
Form Electronic book
Author Beckert, Jens, 1967-
Dewey, Matías, 1975-
ISBN 9780191836442
0191836443
9780192514134
019251413X