From:kincaidd@servms.fiu.edu
Subject: ASA meetings
Three special sessions featuring prominent Latin American scholars were approved by the
1995 Program Committee for the ASA meetings in Washington DC. Because of their strong
connection to the PEWS section by virtue of participants and themes, these panels were
scheduled around the regular PEWS sessions. I hope PEWS members will make an effort to
attend one or more (especially since Saturday is the first day of the meetings). As fir the
1993 meetings in Miami, these sessions were organized by the Ad Hoc Committee for Latin
American and Caribbean Sociology. For more information contact Doug Kincaid,
KINCAIDD@SERVAX.FIU.EDU, tel. 305 348-2894, fax 305 349-3593.
Session 8. Sovereignty and Nationalism Revisited: The Transformation of the Nation-State
in the Caribbean
Saturday, August 19, 8:30-10:15 am
Organizers: Rosario Espinal, Temple University, and A. Douglas Kincaid, Florida
International University
Presider: A. Douglas Kincaid, Florida International University
"Flexible Boundaries of Nation-States: Sovereignty and Citizenship in Transition," Rosario
Espinal, Temple University
"Transnationalism, Citizenship, and the Nation-State: A Comparative Analysis of Mexico and
the Dominican Republic," Luis Eduardo Guarnizo, University of California, Davis
"Transformation, Transition, and Democracy: State and Nation in Cuba in the 1990s,"
Marifeli Prez-Stable, State University of New York-Old Westbury
"Ethnicity, Nation, and Political Change in Central America," Edelberto Torres-Rivas,
Universidad de Costa Rica
Discussant: Anthony P. Maingot, Florida International University
Session 46. The Politics of Market Reform in Latin America
Saturday, August 19, 12:30-2:15 pm
Organizers: Mauricio Font, Queens College, City University of New York, and A. Douglas
Kincaid, Florida International University
Presider: A. Douglas Kincaid, Florida International University
"Has Mexico's Technocratic Revolution Failed?" Miguel Centeno, Princeton University
"Crisis and Change In Latin America," Mauricio Font, Queens College, City University of
New York
"Politics and Markets in the Andean Countries," Amparo Menndez-Carri"n, Facultad
Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Ecuador
"Brazil's New Development Strategy," Maria Herminia Tavares de Almeida, Universidade
de Sao Paulo
Discussant: Susan Eckstein, Boston University
Session 127. NAFTA's Winners and Losers: Social Consequences of Economic
Restructuring in the Southeastern United States and Southern Mexico
Sunday, August 20, 10:30 am-12:30 pm
Organizers: A. Douglas Kincaid, Florida International University, and Richard Tardanico,
Florida International University
Presider: Gary Gereffi, Duke University
"Economic Restructuring and Women's Employment in Mexico," Orlandina de Oliveira, El
Colegio de Mxico
"Poverty and Immigration on the U.S.-Mexican Border," Bryan Roberts, University of Texas
at Austin
"Employment and Inequality: Comparative Restructuring in Houston, New Orleans, and
Miami," Richard Tardanico, Florida International University
Discussant: David Smith, University of California, Irvine