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Winter 2008
39:1

January 2008

From the President
by ERIC HERSHBERG

From the Associate Editor
by ANTONIO SÉRGIO GUIMARÃES

ON THE PROFESSION

Academic Freedoms under Assault in Oaxaca: The LASA Delegation Report
by MATTHEW GUTMANN

Establishment of a LASA Commission on Academic Freedom

DEBATES / Racial Inequalities and Public Policies, Debates in Latin America and Beyond

Debating Race Policies in Latin America
by ANTONIO SÉRGIO A. GUIMARÃES

Viewing the United States from a Brazilian Perspective and Vice-Versa
by PETER FRY

Using Race and Skin Color in Public Policies: Justice in Context
by JOÃO FERES JÚNIOR

Race, Social Justice, and the Law in the Americas: Redefining the Terms of the Debate
by ANANI DZIDZIENYO and SUZANNE OBOLER

Is the Use of Race or Color Legitimate in Public Policies?
by MICHEL AGIER

CALLING ALL MEMBERS

Nominations, Silvert Award, Bryce Wood Book Award

Premio Ibernoamericano

Media Award, LASA/Oxfam America Martin Diskin Lectureship

ON LASA2009

Report from the Program Chairs
by EVELYNE HUBER and CYNTHIA STEELE

LASA2009 Call for Papers

LASA SECTIONS

Section Reports

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