RT Article
T1 Gangs and the Gig Economy: Triads, Precarity and Illicit Work in Hong Kong
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 64
IS 1
SP 139
OP 156
A1 Fraser, Alistair David 1982-
A2 Joe-Laidler, Karen
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1882174941
AB Paid employment in the criminal economy is, in many ways, the essence of precarious labour yet to date criminological work on the so-called ‘gig economy’ is scarce. Here we apply emergent sociological literature on ‘post-Fordist’ working cultures to precarious youth employment in Hong Kong, arguing: (1) recent reorganizations of labour markets towards flexible entrepreneurship are mirrored in the illicit economy; (2) a shift in structural features of triad gangs has led to a parallel form of ‘network sociality’; and (3) triad-affiliated youth remained rooted in place-based ‘communities of practice’ that form a point of difference from existing theory. In concluding, we reflect on the implications of these arguments for the study of illicit economies, triads and post-Fordist working cultures.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 153-156
K1 Youth
K1 triads
K1 Precarity
K1 Gangs
K1 Hong Kong
K1 illicit economy
DO 10.1093/bjc/azad018