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Acknowledgments
I would like to thank John Comer, John Hibbing, Byron D’Andra Orey, and John Wunder for their help and guidance on earlier versions of this work. I would also especially like to thank Kevin Smith for contributing to the overall quality of the work and for his encouragement throughout the writing process.
I would also like to thank Sean Kelly at California State University–Channel Islands for his guidance as well as the anonymous reviewers who provided valuable comments and suggestions on drafts of this work. Thank you also to Laura Hasemann for her assistance on this project.
My fiancéMinja, deserves many thanks for her patience and support through the development of this work. Even though this work substantially decreased the time we were able to spend