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Acknowledgments There are many people to thank for their help over the many years of my research on collaboration. I deeply appreciate the mentorship of Dr. Stephen Born early in my research career. Steve first got me interested in complex interjurisdictional problems , stressed the politics of environmental management, and was a stickler for careful research and writing. He instructed me to never take a job with the word coordinator in the title, and although I ignored the advice several times, I was always reminded of it when dealing with the frustrations of the position. I also want to acknowledge my research collaborators. Dr. Bruce Hooper welcomed me during my sabbatical in Australia and introduced me to the issues facing rural Australian communities. Dr. Geoff McDonald always offered insightful and critical perspectives on Australian natural resources management. He also hosted a series of informal research forums in Brisbane in the late 1990s that brought together a range of researchers working on collaboration issues, creating a rich environment in which to discuss nascent ideas and work in progress. Dr. Debra Whitall (U.S. Forest Service) and I collaborated on my research on the Rogue Basin, and she provided an invaluable insider-outsider standpoint. Dr. Cathy Robinson with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) reviewed all the early chapters of this book during my sabbatical in Australia. Her insights and ongoing cooperation on large-scale collaboration efforts continue to lead to interesting conversations and good debates. I also appreciate my discussions and collaboration with the other researchers at CSIRO, particularly Dr. Marcus Lane and Bruce Taylor. My recent work with Susan Brody and Bob Parker on collaboration in transportation and land use planning has also allowed for interesting comparative perspectives. Another group of people I have appreciated over the years has been the doctoral and master’s students who have worked with me. While I provided early guidance on their research projects and supported their efforts, in the end I learned as much from them as they did from me. In particular, I want to thank Dr. Stacy Rosenberg and Kate (Bodane) Parker, whose research was important for this book. I also want xvi Acknowledgments to thank Rachael Holland, Melanie Mintz, Sam Fox, and Chu Chen, all of whom worked on my research projects or helped collect data as part of their thesis work. Furthermore, I appreciate all of the students who have taken my collaboration class over the years; I often used them as a sounding board to float ideas, present hypotheses , and debate different views of collaboration. I would also like to acknowledge the hundreds of practitioners, community members, and elected officials who agreed to be interviewed and observed over the years. Many of them took time out of their busy schedules to offer their insights, frequently extending their interview time long past my estimated duration. Many of these interviews were confidential to allow people to speak their minds about their experiences, so I don’t list the interviewees individually. Yet I thank all of the named and unnamed sources for their wisdom. Last but not least, I want to thank my family. My career and interests have really been a synthesis of my father’s career as a scientific researcher and my mother’s career as a politician. I am grateful to them for their love, inspiration, and support. Most of all, I would like to thank my wife, Sonya, and my sons, Aidan and Corey. All of this would not have been possible without their support. They endured long periods of time when I was away collecting data or holed up in my office writing. They came along on lengthy road trips to remote places while I gathered data and conducted interviews, including several thousand-mile journeys across Australia. Thank you for your love and understanding. ...

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