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Editors’ prefaceR.A.W. Rhodes aa University of Essex Vincent Wright ,Nuffield College , OxfordPublished online: 03 Dec 2007.

To cite this article: R.A.W. Rhodes (1987) Editors’ preface, West EuropeanPolitics, 10:4, 7-7, DOI: 10.1080/01402388708424648

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Editors' Preface

Any collective endeavour incurs many debts. This collection's origins lie ina seminar on 'The Construction and Reconstruction of Centers and Center -Periphery Relations in Europe' held at the Israel Academy of Sciences andHumanities (Jerusalem) in June 1984. A number of the participants at thatseminar shared an interest in territorial politics, and took part in a second,smaller workshop on 'Territorial Politics in Western Europe' which was heldat Nuffield College (Oxford) in October 1985. Both meetings were held underthe auspices of the European Science Foundation (ESF) and funded for theUK participants by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). Weshould like to express our gratitude to both institutions for their support.Walter Riigg and his colleague Elisabeth Luterbacher (Bern) helped toorganise the Jerusalem seminar and provided encouragement and help for theOxford workshop. All participants are grateful for their endeavours, nonemore so than the editors who hope this collection is some small recompensefor their hard work.

A number of individuals contributed to the Oxford workshop. We wouldlike to thank Jim Bulpitt (Warwick), Sabino Cassesse (Rome), the late SirNorman Chester (Nuffield College), Pat Commins (Dublin), Hans Daalder(Leiden) and Nevil Johnson (Nuffield College) for their interest, criticism andadvice. Rod Rhodes would like to thank Carol Snape for her accurate andprompt typing of the manuscript. Vincent Wright would like to thank theWarden and Fellows of Nuffield College who hosted the second conference,and Trude Hickey whose secretarial assistance proved so invaluable. Finally,both editors would like to thank the authors for promptly revising manuscriptsand responding to detailed queries.

R.A.W. Rhodes, University of EssexVincent Wright, Nuffield College, Oxford

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