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The CMD Prize for the Best Senior Thesis in Migration and
Development was awarded this year to Allison Binns, Princeton
University Class of 2003. In White Gold, Weed and Blow: The Drug
Trades of Afghanistan, Colombia, and Mexico, Binns provides a
compelling analysis of production and distribution networks in three
geographical locations. According to her Adviser, Professor Paul
DiMaggio, the thesis “treats each case thoroughly in its own
chapter, providing clear and fascinating summaries of the history of
the drug trade, its agricultural requirements, social networks and
relationship to the state.” Binns shows how drug networks depend on
alliances with formal institutions like the church, the political
system and even popular culture. Of publishable quality, White
Gold, Weed and Blow is the first step in a research agenda that
Allison Binns will continue as a graduate student in sociology at
Harvard University.
About the Prize
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