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Acknowledgments T his project was initially funded by a presidential grant from the Russell Sage Foundation. We thank Eric Wanner, president of the foundation, for the confidence he showed in the project by providing this grant, as well as for his intellectual engagement with, and sustained support for, our efforts. We also much appreciated the opportunity to work together at the foundation in July 2011 to edit the volume. Thanks to the generosity of the Rockefeller Foundation—herewith gratefully acknowledged—we were able to bring the contributors to the volume together at the Bellagio Center, in September 2010, for an invaluable exchange of information and ideas. Further financial support, and support in kind, for travel, logistics, and editorial assistance was kindly provided by Osgoode Hall Law School of York University, the UCLA School of Law, the UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, the UCLA Center for American Politics and Public Policy, and the University of California Labor and Employment Research Fund. A number of individuals assisted our work in various ways at different stages. At Osgoode Hall Law School, Lynne Fonseca ably took charge of logistics, and Tiffany Wong and Ryan Edmonds edited the first chapter drafts. At UCLA, Randi Kusumi prepared the charts and the final manuscript, Michael Smart helped compile the data for the appendix, and Lori Amadei provided excellent research assistance. Professor Matthew Drennan, of the UCLA Luskin School and the Cornell Department of City and Regional Planning, provided essential expertise and advice in analyzing and presenting the data that form the appendix. The Russell Sage Foundation Press editor, Suzanne Nichols, provided both initial editorial advice and detailed guidance on shaping the final, published volume. We learned much from the comments of two anonymous reviewers. And finally, of course, we salute our indefatigable contributors who have done so much to make this volume a genuine (and rare) example of successful transnational and interdisciplinary collaboration. Katherine Stone Harry Arthurs Los Angeles and Toronto May 2012 ...

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