Special thanks to

The ideas in this book have been inspired by many. In particular we would like to express our gratitude to the individuals who attended the expert meetings or provided us with valuable written input for this book:

Alexander Loozeman

Alexei Karas

Anisssa Triyanti

Antal van den Bosch

Anoushka van Leeuwen

Bas van Bavel

Beatrice de Graaf

Berent Prakken

Caspar Schoevaars

Catrin Finkenauer

Christel Lutz

Debbie Jaarsma

Eline den Boer

Erik van Sebille

Esther van Dijk

Evie van Berkel

Femke den Boer

Freek Geerligs

Gönül Dilaver

Harold Bok

Harold van Rijen

Hester den Ruijter

James Kennedy

Jan Haarhuis

Janneke Plantinga

Jesse Hoffman

Jim van Os

Johan Jeuring

Judith de Haan

Lars de Vreugd

Leon van der Zande

Leoniek Wijngaards

Lorena de Vita

Maarten Hajer

Maarten Post

Marc Bonten

Marc van Mil

Margot van der Starre

Marieke van der Schaaf

Marij Swinkels

Marijk van der Wende

Marjanneke Vijge

Mark Bovens

Martijn van der Meer

Martine Veldhuizen

Maud Radstake

Megan Milotta

Merel Dekker

Micha de Winter

Mirko Noordegraaf

Monique Mourits

Niels Bovenschen

Paul Boselie

Paul Ziche

Peter Pelzer

Ralph Meulenbroeks

Renée Filius

Sicco de Knecht

Siebren Teule

Stefan van Geelen

Stephanie Rozenkranz

Sterre van Wierst

Susan te Pas

Susanna Bloem

Ted Sanders

Ties Bakker

Toine Pieters

Wieger Bakker

Wim de Smidt

Wim Kremer

Finally, we would like to express our deep gratitude to all readers, and to the many people with whom we exchanged viewsboth before and after the publication of the pre-print version.