Acknowledgments

Thanks to the many colleagues who contributed their time, energy, research, and writing to this volume. Collaborative work among participants in the Fiscal Austerity and Urban Innovation Project and Scenes Project has taken place for many years and in many contexts. Many memos on activities, data for shared downloading, free reports, videos, news coverage, and more are on several websites (www.faui.org, http://www.tnc-newsletter.blogspot.com/, and http://scenes.uchicago.edu/). Contact the participants about possible data and report access if you would like more. We have published over 50 books together in these overlapping projects. This volume is a tribute to the ongoing cross-national research that has been greatly enhanced by these interactions. Related works and download addresses are at the end of Chapter 2.