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Acknowledgments
Peter Messeri has dedicated an immeasurable amount of insight and guidance to this work. His continuing support has made my research possible. I have also benefited from the long-term involvement of David Stark and Eugene Litwak. David Stark infused my ideas with new excitement and dimensions at every meeting. Eugene Litwak generously spent a great amount of time talking through the fundamentals of his theory, which proved invaluable in the conceptualization of my model. Gil Eyal and Rita Kukafka also gave their time to reviewing my work. A number of other colleagues have also contributed to this endeavor, among them Herb Gans, Allan Silver, Theresa Rogers, Cynthia Duarte, Ryan Sperry, and Juliana Blome.
My family and friends have also played a large role in keeping me going. My mother, Bonnie Bambina, has never passed up an opportunity to reiterate her faith in me. Her partner, Jim Went, has been so hospitable during each of my frequent trips back to New York.