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Article: Bag politics and ‘Wall’ Street capital: the role of social capital in social supply networks and broader society amongst privileged persons who use cocaine

TitleBag politics and ‘Wall’ Street capital: the role of social capital in social supply networks and broader society amongst privileged persons who use cocaine
Authors
Issue Date19-Jul-2023
PublisherTaylor and Francis Group
Citation
Deviant Behavior, 2023, p. 1-15 How to Cite?
Abstract

Drawing on ethnographic data on the use and supply of cocaine in Hong Kong among privileged expatriates, we examine how members of the subculture enter into and navigate the fluid yet instrumental social supply networks and learn “bag politics” (the negotiation of using, obtaining, and sharing drugs). At the heart of “bag politics” lies a process of developing, sustaining, and strengthening one’s social capital within and beyond social supply networks. Our research builds upon theoretical arguments in the Bordieuan application to the criminological context of drug markets, looking specifically at “street capital” and “street social capital”. We show that “street social capital” can develop and be used in illicit settings beyond low socioeconomic and marginalized communities. In looking at other socioeconomic contexts, we raise the possibility that “street capital” and “street social capital” may facilitate rather than obstruct opportunities to succeed in broader society. We argue that within social supply networks among privileged expatriates, the development of “street social capital” provides opportunities for social and economic benefits both within and beyond the subculture. Finally, we argue that the desire to forge and develop such capital is a motiving factor to use and socially supply cocaine.


Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/337356
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2023 Impact Factor: 1.7
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.564
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dc.contributor.authorLowe, Kate FA-
dc.contributor.authorLaidler, Karen AJ-
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-11T10:20:15Z-
dc.date.available2024-03-11T10:20:15Z-
dc.date.issued2023-07-19-
dc.identifier.citationDeviant Behavior, 2023, p. 1-15-
dc.identifier.issn0163-9625-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/337356-
dc.description.abstract<p>Drawing on ethnographic data on the use and supply of cocaine in Hong Kong among privileged expatriates, we examine how members of the subculture enter into and navigate the fluid yet instrumental social supply networks and learn “bag politics” (the negotiation of using, obtaining, and sharing drugs). At the heart of “bag politics” lies a process of developing, sustaining, and strengthening one’s social capital within and beyond social supply networks. Our research builds upon theoretical arguments in the Bordieuan application to the criminological context of drug markets, looking specifically at “street capital” and “street social capital”. We show that “street social capital” can develop and be used in illicit settings beyond low socioeconomic and marginalized communities. In looking at other socioeconomic contexts, we raise the possibility that “street capital” and “street social capital” may facilitate rather than obstruct opportunities to succeed in broader society. We argue that within social supply networks among privileged expatriates, the development of “street social capital” provides opportunities for social and economic benefits both within and beyond the subculture. Finally, we argue that the desire to forge and develop such capital is a motiving factor to use and socially supply cocaine.<br></p>-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherTaylor and Francis Group-
dc.relation.ispartofDeviant Behavior-
dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.-
dc.titleBag politics and ‘Wall’ Street capital: the role of social capital in social supply networks and broader society amongst privileged persons who use cocaine-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/01639625.2023.2238108-
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