The staff at Penn State Press could not have been more solicitous or
patient. Director Sandy Thatcher sensed something of value in a
conference paper I had presented and later deftly and efficiently
guided the manuscript through the review process. Cherene Holland,
managing editor, deserves recognition for the patience, flexibility,
and unflappability she exhibited throughout the production process.
Catherine Thatcher was a meticulous copyeditor.

I thank the Academy of Political Science for permission to use
sections of my article, "The Failure of Constitutional Welfare Rights
in the Warren Court", Political Science Quarterly 109 (Spring 1994):
105-31. I also thank the University Press of Virginia and my senior
co-author, Jeffrey B. Abramson, for permission to use material from
our article, "Free Speech and Free Press: A Communitarian Perspec-
tive", in New Communitarian Thinking: Persons, Virtues, Institutions,
and Communities, edited by Amitai Etzioni (Charlottesville: Univer-
sity Press of Virginia, 1995): 218-19.

Several institutions deserve acknowledgment: the Women's Caucus
for Political Science, for an Alice Paul Dissertation Award; the
Bunting Institute of Radcliffe College, for a 1993-94 fellowship, which
provided an oasis of stimulation, inspiration, and camaraderie; the
University of Massachusetts--Boston, for several grants, a steady
stream of engaging students, and department colleagues who genu-
inely care about one another's well-being; and the Center on Social
Welfare Policy and Law, particularly Henry Freedman, for facilitating
my research.

Closer to home, my parents, Norman and Ruth Bussiere, instilled in
me a reverence for books, and then many years later they provided
tangible help so that their daughter could write one herself. Jason
Choi, my stepson, has given definition and meaning to my daily life
for the past six years, providing the much-needed perspective that
kids are uniquely capable of giving their parents. Finally, I dedicate
this book to the memory of my late husband, Choi Sung-il, who was
an indefatigable booster of my scholarly endeavors and who made
my life enormously fulfilling. He remains present in so many ways,
including in this book.

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