Spring 2008 39:2
April 2008
From the President
by ERIC HERSHBERG
From the Associate Editor
by ANTONIO SÉRGIO A. GUIMARÃES
ON THE PROFESSION
La tortuosa ruta de la investigación social para los jóvenes en Centroamérica
por JUAN PABLO PÉREZ SÁINZ
The Benefits of a Community-Based Approach to Graduate Student Mentoring
by FLORENCIA E. MALLON
Mentoring Past the Ruins
by ALBERTO MOREIRAS
Notes from an Old Anthropologist to the Young Ones
by MARIZA CORRÊA
DEBATES / Comparative Perspectives on Inequality and Health
Towards a Social Analysis of Risk Factors for Chronic Diseases in Latin America
by FERNANDO DE MAIO, STEPHEN CORBER and MICHEL JOFFRES
Lifelong AIDS: Markets, Politics, and Survival in Brazil
by JOÃO BIEHL
Why Health Inequalities Are Political—And Why LASA Members Should Care
by CHARLES L. BRIGGS and CLARA MANTINI-BRIGGS
What the United States Can Learn from Social Security Reforms in Latin America
by CARMELO MESA-LAGO
CALLING ALL MEMBERS
Martin Diskin Dissertation Award
NEWS FROM LASA
LASA2007 Survey Report
by CHARLES R. HALE and MILAGROS PEREYRA-ROJAS
LASA Voluntary Support
by SANDY KLINZING
ON LASA2009
Information and Forms for the Film Festival and Book Exhibit