ABSTRACT

As outlined in Chapter 1, there were a number of key distinguishing themes that we hoped to see represented in this volume. Such issues and foci were indeed strongly represented throughout the book, while at the same time other important issues began to emerge and develop worthy of further investigation and research. While most of these issues are not totally new in themselves, the authors in this volume shed new light on them and raised intriguing questions worthy of future research. These emerging issues and future research priorities are discussed below.