Toward an Economic Sociology of Illegal Markets

Workshop, February 23–24, 2012 | MPIfG, Cologne
 

Program

 

Thursday, February 23

9 a.m.
Welcome
Jens Beckert

 
9:10 a.m.
Illegal Markets and Economic Sociology
Jens Beckert, Frank Wehinger
 
10 a.m.
The Plurality of Sociologies of Illegal Markets
Petrus C. van Duyne

 
11 a.m. Coffee

 
11:15 a.m.
The International Illicit Market in Cultural Property
Simon Mackenzie

 
12:30 p.m. Lunch

 
1:30 p.m.
Variations in Effective Illegality and Their Impact on the Organization of Illegal Markets
Letizia Paoli

 
2:30 p.m. Coffee

 
3 p.m.
The Illegal Beer Economy during American Prohibition
Thomas Welskopp

 
7 p.m. Dinner at "Haus Müller"

 

 

Friday, February 24

9 a.m.
Illegal Markets of Gold and Diamonds
Dina Siegel

 
10 a.m.
Organized Criminal Markets in Southern Afrika
Annette Hübschle

 
11 a.m. Coffee

 
11:30 a.m.
Roundtable
Jens Beckert, Renate Mayntz, Ulrich Sieber

 
1 p.m. Lunch

 
2 p.m. End of conference