MITCHELL ALLEN Anthropology, Santa Clara University, California, USA ALEXIS ALVAREZ Institute for Research on World-Systems, University of California-Riverside, USA EUGENE N. ANDERSON Anthropology, University of California, Riverside, USA STEPHEN BUNKER Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA CHRISTOPHER CHASE-DUNN Sociology and Director, Institute for Research on World-Systems, University of California, Riverside, USA PAUL CICCANTELL Sociology, Western Michigan University, USA SING CHEW Sociology, Humboldt State University, California, USA HO-FUNG HUNG Sociology, Johns Hopkins University, USA ERIC MIELANTS Sociology, University of Utah, USA DANIEL PASCIUTI Institute for Research on World-Systems, University of California-Riverside, USA WILLIAM THOMPSON Political Science, Indiana University, USA