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Bourgois, Philippe – American Enterprise, 1991
The mainstream economy and culture are unable to compete with the money, respect, and identity that selling crack offers. The infiltration of organized crime and narco-dollars into the local economy, the inadequacy of entry-level wages, and the breakdown of basic public services have created a new kind of poverty. (CJS)
Descriptors: Community Problems, Crack, Drug Abuse, Ethnography
