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Fall 2008
39:4

October 2008

From the President
by ERIC HERSHBERG

Report on LASA’s Finances and Endowment
by KEVIN J. MIDDLEBROOK

ON THE PROFESSION

Introduction
by ERIC HERSHBERG

Publishing in Latin American Studies Today
by SANFORD THATCHER

On Academic Publishing: Some Questions and Answers
by NIKO PFUND

Academic Publishing: Challenges and Opportunities
by SUSAN MCEACHERN

The Balancing Act of Publishing in Latin American Studies: Let’s Start at the Beginning
by AMY GORELICK

Responses to Questions on Academic Publishing
by THERESA MAY

LACEA, The Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association
by MAURICIO CARDENAS and MARCELA ESLAVA

The Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers
by DAVID J. ROBINSON

DEBATES

Associate Editor’s Report
por ANTONIO SÉRGIO A. GUIMARÃES

Igualdad de género y mercado de trabajo en América Latina
by LAÍS ABRAMO y MARÍA ELENA VALENZUELA

Inequality and Latin American Welfare Regimes: Why Gender Ought to Be at the Top of Political Agendas
by CHRISTINA EWIG

Women in Rural Mexico: Agendas and Transitions
by PATRICIA ARIAS

Interrogating “Queerness” in Theory and Politics: Reflections from Ecuador
by AMY LIND

ON LASA2009

Report from the Program Chairs
by EVELYNE HUBER and CYNTHIA STEELE

CALLING ALL MEMBERS

Elections 2008: Nominating Committee Slate

LASA SECTIONS

Section News

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL NOTES

In Memoriam
CHARLES ADAMS HALE

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