Titre : | The importance of culture for cannabis markets. Towards an economic sociology of illegal drug markets (2012) |
Auteurs : | S. SANDBERG |
Type de document : | Article : Périodique |
Dans : | British Journal of Criminology (Vol.52, n°6, November 2012) |
Article en page(s) : | 1133-1151 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | MAR (Marchés / Markets) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus géographique NORVEGEThésaurus mots-clés MARCHE DE LA DROGUE ; ECONOMETRIE ; CULTUREL ; CANNABIS ; THEORIE ; SOCIOLOGIE ; REVENDEUR ; CLASSIFICATION ; ETUDE QUALITATIVE |
Résumé : | This paper reports findings from six years of ethnographic and qualitative research on cannabis markets. Data include interviews with 60 cannabis dealers and 60 customers. The paper describes the vertical and horizontal organization of the cannabis economy, seen from the perspective of Norway. It further distinguishes between private, semi-public and public cannabis markets. The most important cultural influences in the cannabis economy are a non-commercial cannabis culture in private markets and a violent street culture in public markets. These coexist with a general market culture. The difference between markets and market cultures illustrates how illegal drug markets are performed, not 'natural', and thus the importance of economic sociology for the study of illegal drug markets. |
Domaine : | Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs |
Affiliation : | Department of Sociology and Human Geography, Blindern, Oslo, Norway |
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