The Fading Away of Frontiers during Neoliberalism: Work, Crime and the Law among Argentinean Youth

The emergence of a segment of the population that alternates legal and illegal acts to survive during the nineties, thus establishing a special relationship with the law, is analyzed in this article. It shows the emergence of a sector of the population that, neither worker nor "professional cri...

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Autor principal: Kessler, Gabriel
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Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.memoria.fahce.unlp.edu.ar/art_revistas/pr.10654/pr.10654.pdf
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Sumario:The emergence of a segment of the population that alternates legal and illegal acts to survive during the nineties, thus establishing a special relationship with the law, is analyzed in this article. It shows the emergence of a sector of the population that, neither worker nor "professional criminal," survives on the basis of a combination of legal and illegal activities in a period in which work was scarce. Following a sector containing statistical data, the relationship between crime and work is analyzed, followed by a section on the rationale underlying the young people's acts, the symbolic space occupied by the law, peer group relations and, finally, relations with the police.