Dealing with Privilege: Cannabis, Cocaine, and the Economic
Foundations of Suburban Drug Culture focuses on the careers of nine
successfully retired drug dealers, offering a contrast to
sociological, criminological, and other depictions of drug dealing as
a realm of the desperate, dangerous, and poor. David Crawford tells
the great untold story of drug dealing in America, where white,
middle-class dealers are unlikely to suffer the enforcement of drug
laws. Contrary to media portrayals, Crawford argues that suburban drug
sales are not oriented around money making but friendship and fun.
Using economic anthropology, classic sociology, and neuroscience to
analyze the life trajectories of these dealers, Crawford touches on
issues of crime, race, culture, aging, gender, privilege, illegal
drugs, and the limits of conventional economics as a framework to
understand economic behavior.
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ISBN
9781498598170
Publisert
2019
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Lexington Books
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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