Beyond neoclassical economics: Social process, agency and the maintenance of order in an Australian illicit drug marketplace

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 390-398

  Dwyer, Robyn ^a   Moore, David ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agency; Dealers; Illicit drug marketplaces; Modes of exchange; Social relations

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE; ILLICIT DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CRIMINOLOGY; DRUG MARKETING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHNICITY; ETHNOGRAPHY; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN RELATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL LIFE; VIET NAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; AUSTRALIA; COMMERCE; CULTURAL EVOLUTION; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; FEMALE; HEROIN; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955842211     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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