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- 2 8 -HINE, Virginia, "The basic paradigm of a future socio-cultural system ." Pp 4-8 .We called the type of structure we were observing a 'segmented polycephalous network' --composed ofautonomous segments which are organizationally self-sufficient, decentralized . The real key to understandingthe power of a SP(I)N is recognizing the nature of the unifying forces that keep the structurefrom disintegrating . One of the forces that integrates a SP(I)N is a range of horizontal organizationallinkages ; the other is ideological .DRACH, Jack, "SPINning our way to transformation ." Pp 9-11 .LIPNACK, Jessica & Jeffrey STAMPS (Networking Inst .), "Discovering networking ." Pp . 12-13 .The history & practice of networking as an organizational tool over the past 2 decades . Distinguishingbetween networking in its current form from traditional Old Boy networks as well as from hierarchicalbureacratic structures within organizations .SATIR, Virginia, "Networking : a,viable model for the New Age ." Pp . 14-15 .My fantasy is a planetary network of people supporting each other in becoming more human . The means ofnurturing would be through physical presence, relationship, exchanging information and communication fully .HENDERSON, Hazel, "Social change & human development : taking responsibility ." Pp . 16-18 .Informal networks create new information patterns that foster increased local action by autonomousgroups sharing similar visions of a sane & humane future for all people on this planet . We must rebalanceour individual & social roles & institutions (away from) bizarre patriarchies .KENNARD, Byron, "Networking & the decentralist ideal ." Pp . 19-21 .Networkers sometimes look as if they are engaged in innocent or frivolous pursuits, but often they areweaving schemes of great consequence . The networks place a common stress upon the preservation & revivalof diversity in every form, seeing it as a sort of insurance policy for the human race, a force forbalance & stability within the social system .SYMPOSIUM ON WORLDSYSTEM ANALYSIS 15 (3) 1982 . A Special Issue of COMPARITIVE POLITICAL STUDIES .CONTENTS :David G . BECKER "Bonanza Development" and the "New Bourgeoisie" : Peru Under Military Rule .B .C . KOH and Jae-On KIM Paths to Advancement in Japanese Bureaucracy .Steve CHAN, Cores and Peripheries : Interaction Patterns in Asia .SYMPOSIUM :Christopher K . CHASE-DUNN, Aaron M . PALLAS and Jeffrey KENTOR, Method and Theory in World-System Research: A Reply to Dolan and Lerner, Ray and Rosenau .SYMPOSIUM : TRANSNATIONAL COPORATIONS . A Special Issue of REVIEW 6 (2) 1982 .CONTENTS :Maurice AYMARD, From Feudalism to Capitalism in Italy : The Case That Doesn't Fit .Sidney W . MINTZ, Descrying the Peasantry .TRANSACTIONAL CORPORATIONS :Tamas SZENTES, The TNC Issue : Naive Illusions or Exorcism and Lip-Service?Kari LEVITT-POLANYI, A Memoir : Stephen Hymer and the Multinational Corporation .