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Doing the Business: Entrepreneurship, the Working Class, and Detectives in the East End of London

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In this controversial and original study of policing, class relations and organizations, Hobbs illustrates the culture of London's East End and its relationship with the Criminal Investigation Department of the Metropolitan Police. Both the East Enders and the Metropolitan Police are considered in terms of their relationship with the marketplace and the emergent strategies of negotiation, trading, and entrepreneurship.

Language: English

Pages: 272

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Clarendon Press

Release: September 15, 1988

ISBN: 0198255985

ISBN 13: 9780198255987

Doing the Business: Entrepreneurship, the Working Class, and Detectives in the East End of London

0/5 ( ratings)

In this controversial and original study of policing, class relations and organizations, Hobbs illustrates the culture of London's East End and its relationship with the Criminal Investigation Department of the Metropolitan Police. Both the East Enders and the Metropolitan Police are considered in terms of their relationship with the marketplace and the emergent strategies of negotiation, trading, and entrepreneurship.

Language: English

Pages: 272

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Clarendon Press

Release: September 15, 1988

ISBN: 0198255985

ISBN 13: 9780198255987

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