Off the Books
A Theory and Critique of the Underground Economy
Published on 1. March 1992
Book
Paperback/Softback
184 pages
978-0-930390-12-9 (ISBN)
Description
Sociologists and political economists typically have seen underground economies as isolated aberrations in the capitalist system, brought on by the extreme situations of wartime restrictions or excessive taxes. In Off the Books Bruce Wiegand draws a general theory of underground economies and their essential relations to the economic mainstream.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Dimensions
Height: 215 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
245 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-930390-12-9 (9780930390129)
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Person
Bruce Wiegand is on the sociology faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. He has worked in Washington, D.C., at the Internal Revenue Service on the Taxpayer Compliance Measurement Program. Professor Wiegand was also a Fulbright Scholar in Belize, Central America (1988-1989). He is presently at work on a study of smuggling in developing countries.
Content
Part 1 The Undergound Economy in Historical Context: A Sociology of Knowledge Analysis of Three Different Concepts Chapter 2 The Wartime Black Market: Profiteering with Impunity Chapter 3 On the Margin of Capitalism: Theories of Poverty and Irregular Work Chapter 4 The Rise and Fall of Underground Economy Theory, 1977-1989 Part 5 Underground Economy Theory Reconsidered: Definitions, Structure and Process Chapter 6 Defining the Underground Economy: Important Distinctions in the Literature Chapter 7 The Paradox of Capitalist Development: Structure and Process in the Underground Economy