This encyclopedia is the product of over three years of negotiation, planning,persuasion and, in a few cases, coercion. We are grateful to all of our colleaguecontributors who have worked so well to produce an outstandingly interestingand distinguished account of the main themes and subjects which constitute thestudy of politics and government.We both owe debts to our home institutions. The Dean of the College of Artsand Sciences, the Dean of the Graduate School, and the President’s ResearchInitiative of the University of Louisville provided Mary Hawkesworth withboth moral and material support, and also agreed to her absence on sabbaticalleave at Brunel University at a critical time in the editing of the encyclopedia.The Department of Government at Brunel University provided a supportiveand convenient base from which the two editors were able to collaborate duringthis time.We owe particular thanks to our commissioning editor, Jonathan Price, whopressed us forward with scholarly and gentle encouragement. Our spouses, UllaKogan and Philip Alperson, are used to both of our working ways but deserveour gratitude all the same. The organizing skills of Sally Harris, who has seen somany books to the press from the Department of Government at BrunelUniversity, remain a source of wonder to all who see her at work.

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