1. Introduction

   • Sergio B. F. Tavolaro

   EditorialNotes 12 April 2008 Pages: 105 - 108

2. “Neither Traditional nor Fully Modern...”

   • Sergio B. F. Tavolaro

   OriginalPaper 04 April 2008 Pages: 109 - 128

3. Brazilian National Identity at a Crossroads: The Myth of Racial Democracy and the Development of Black Identity

   • Leone Campos de Sousa
   • Paulo Nascimento

   OriginalPaper 09 April 2008 Pages: 129 - 143

4. Affirmative Action in Contemporary Brazil: Two Institutional Discourses on Race

   • Lília G. M. Tavolaro

   OriginalPaper 05 April 2008 Pages: 145 - 160

5. Environmental Concerns in Contemporary Brazil: An Insight into Some Theoretical and Societal Backgrounds (1970s–1990s)

   • Leila da Costa Ferreira
   • Sergio B. F. Tavolaro

   OriginalPaper 05 April 2008 Pages: 161 - 177

6. Global Citizens or Faraway Viewers? São Paulo Residents Talk About the 2006 Lebanon Conflict

   • Heloisa Pait

   OriginalPaper 12 April 2008 Pages: 179 - 191

7. An Unusual Economic Arrangement: The Brazilian Economy during the First Lula Administration, 2003–2006

   • Nelson H. Barbosa-Filho

   OriginalPaper 04 April 2008 Pages: 193 - 215