Introduction Authors Matthew Colton University of Wales, Swansea Jan van der Ploeg Leiden University Evert M. Scholte Leiden University Author Biographies Matthew Colton, University of Wales, Swansea Dr. Matthew Colton is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Social Policy and Applied Social Studies, University of Wales, Swansea, UK. Evert M. Scholte, Leiden University Dr. Evert M. Scholte is Senior Research Fellow in the Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Leiden, The Netherlands. PDF Published 1997-03-01 Issue Vol. 2 No. 1 (1997) Section Articles