Acknowledgements
I would like to thank Stephen Rutt, Publishing Director, and Alexandra
Dawe, Assistant Editor, at Palgrave Macmillan for their suggestions, effi-
ciency and helpful comments throughout the production process, as well as
Keith Povey (with Paul Dennison and Nick Fox) for copyediting and edito-
rial supervision of the highest order. In addition, I would like to thank the
numerous anonymous referees in the US and Europe during the review and
selection process of the articles proposed for this volume.
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