INTD 497 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Thesis Statement, Commodification, Complex Network

• School: McGill University
• Department: International Development
• Course: INTD 497
• Professor: Kazue Takamura

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Beginning of the group presentations you will evaluate the group presentations as well. Criteria (ideally, this answer should be formulated in one paragraph): *submit your evaluation on mycourses, and also submit your peer evaluation the week of your presentation: clarity (thesis statement, definitions, quality of the analysis (analytical engagement, organization, suggestions (what is missing from the presentation?) Introduction: key development issues, defining (cid:498)migrant networks(cid:499) Middlemen are part of the migrant network, and many of these actors serve their interest. Krissman reviews the (cid:494)massi(cid:495) model of the migrant networks, and comes up with his own model the international migrant network, Main structural background includes many changes over time made by actors. Vogt: lots of violence in central america, which stems from historical which includes many more people than kin: host countries background. The line between state actors and states i blurred because both contribute to perpetrating/legitimizing violence: mechanisms of networks, home countries(cid:495) issues.