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
PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL NOTES
In Memoriam
CHARLES ADAMS HALE