Off the Books: A Theory and Critique of the Underground Economy

• NCJ Number: 152241
• Author(s): B Wiegand
• Date Published: 1992
• Length: 177 pages
• Sale Source: General Hall, Inc
• Publication Type: Issue Overview
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS. The Reynolds Series in Sociology

Annotation

This book presents the underground economy in historical context and discusses various theories and concepts of the underground economy.

Abstract

The first part of the book presents "A Sociology of Knowledge Analysis of Three Different Concepts": (1) The Wartime Black Market: Profiteering with Impunity; (2) On the Margin of Capitalism: Theories of Poverty and Irregular Work; and (3) The Rise and Fall of Underground Economy Theory, 1977-1989. Part Two contains definitions, structure, and process of underground economy, including important distinctions in the literature, and the paradox of capitalist development. Tables, notes, bibliography, biographical data about the author, index