The Nature of Political Theory

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Haakonssen, Duncan Ivison, Barry Jones, Roy Jones, Rex Martin, Peter Nicholson,
Raymond Plant, Andrew Sharp, Vicki Spencer, Peter Sutch, and David West. I have
also been very fortunate, in the final stages of completing the manuscript, to have had
such a good editor in Dominic Byatt at Oxford University Press.
My family have provided vital companionship during this whole period. My wife
Mary, my children Lisa, Sara, Jason, and Rachael, and their respective spouses
Stephane, Steve, and Rebekah, my amazing grandchildren Josie, Carla, Laura, and
Chloe and my valued friend Diana, have all sustained and nourished me in their own
unique ways.

Andrew Vincent

Sheffield University