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
Media Award, LASA/Oxfam America Martin Diskin Lectureship
ON LASA2009
Report from the Program Chairs
by EVELYNE HUBER and CYNTHIA STEELE