The great escape? Globalization, immigrant entrepreneurship and the criminal economy

Review of International Political Economy

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 98-131

  Friman, H Richard ^a  

^a Marquette University   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug trade; Entrepreneurship; Globalization; Immigration; Organized crime; Taylorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442592796     PISSN: 09692290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0969229042000179776     Document Type: Review

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