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• Author: Peter Clegg/Emilio Pantojas-García
• Profession: Senior lecturer of politics and international relations at the University of the West of England, Bristol/Political sociologist and has published widely on Caribbean economic development
• Pages: 21-21

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- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -

The chapters of the book were first presented as papers during two

seminars – one held in Bristol, UK in November 2007, and the second

in San Juan, Puerto Rico in April 2008. These seminars and several

associated events were funded by the British Academy's UK-Latin

American/Caribbean Link Programme, and the editors would like to

thank the academy for its support. In addition, the financial and

administrative assistance of the University of the West of England (UWE)

and the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) has been much appreciated.

In particular, the faculty of Social Science and Humanities and the

Department of Politics at UWE, and the Office of the President of the

University of Puerto Rico, the Office of the Chancellor at UPR, Río

Piedras, the dean of the College of Business Administration, the dean

of the College of Social Sciences and the dean of the School of Law at

UPR, Río Piedras.

There are also a number of individuals the editors would like to

thank for their support. In particular, Rose West at UWE, for her

invaluable diligence, efficiency and good humour in helping to organise

the two seminars. At the UPR, we would like to thank Rebeca

Guadalupe, assistant to the dean for the Graduate School of Business,

whose conscientiousness contributed to the smooth organisation of

the Puerto Rico Seminar. Also, we send our thanks to Justin Daniel,

Jorge Duany and Lammert de Jong for their assistance in helping to

frame the scope of the two seminars and therefore the book. More

generally, there is a long list of other people who have provided timely

help, and these include Gordon Baker, Chris Bennett and the Caribbean

Council, Mark Duffield, Cecily Jones, Kate Quinn, Amanda Sives and

the Caribbean Studies Group of the Political Studies Association, Joanna

Sparks, Carmen Milagros Concepción, director of the Centre for Social

Research, and Luz del Alba Acevedo, director of the Department of

Political Science at UPR.

Finally, the editors would like to thank their families for their

support and encouragement during the course of this project.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS