• President's Report by Evelyne Huber

On the Profession

• Social Science in Latin America by Agustina Giraudy and Juan Pablo Luna
• Globalization, Money and the Social Science Profession in Latin America by Lachen Chernyha, Jazmin Sierra and Richard Snyder
• La diáspora politológica: Patrones imprevistos de emigración y retorno en el Cono Sur por Andrés Malamud y Flavia Freidenberg
• Productividad en la Web of Knowledge de la Ciencia Política en América Latina por David Altman

Debates

• Stateness in Latin America by Agustina Giraudy and Juan Pablo Luna
• State Effectiveness in Contemporary Brazil by Marta Arretche
• Castles in the Air: States and the Rule of Law in Latin America by Daniel M. Brinks
• Conservative Autonomy Movements and the State in Latin America by Kent Eaton
• Mapeando las interacciones entre desafiantes y agentes estatales en América Latina contemporánea por Andreas Feldmann y Juan Pablo Luna
• The Expectations States Create: How State Capacity Shapes the Scope of Politics by Hillel Soifer

On LASA2013

• Interim Report from the Program Chairs: Washington 2013 by Gwen Kirkpatrick and Kenneth M. Roberts

Calling all members

• Elections 2012: Nominating Committee Slate

LASA Sections

• Section Reports
• New LASA Sections Approved for Membership Year 2013

News from LASA

• LASA2012 Survey Report by Milagros Pereyra-Rojas
• LASA Voluntary Support by Sandy Klinzing

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