Acknowledgements

Writing is a truly collaborative endeavour, and in bringing this volume to light, we wish to acknowledge the collective efforts of a number of people. First, we acknowledge the authors who accepted our invitation to contribute and worked with us to produce what we hope will be an important volume. They have been very willing and patient participants in the to-ing and fro-ing of the drafting process over an extended period of time. Second, we acknowledge the quality of the feedback received from the external, anonymous reviewers which was extraordinarily detailed, and as a result, greatly facilitated the editing of the final drafts and improved the overall quality of the volume. Third, we thank Colleen Keane for her final and careful editing advice to ensure consistency in spelling, punctuation, referencing and general readability and Lisa Ochoa for her invaluable assistance and thorough attention to detail in assisting with the author and subject indexes. Fourth, we acknowledge all our research participants without whose time, and generous availability and willingness to be scrutinised, the research reported in this volume would not have been possible. Finally, we acknowledge our families whose everyday support, interest and continued enthusiasm have made it possible for us to find the headspace to write and to bring this volume to completion. To all, we are profoundly grateful.