| “When you are on the right path, don’t worry, all the universe will help you,” said Madeleine Gardeur, the Director of International Relations of the University of Groningen (RUG), when I met her at the edge of my period as an employee of this university. This quote immediately pops up in my mind when I started writing this preface. This quote seems to show that her vision about me, when she met me for the first time in Bandung 9 years ago, is true. And this quote also reminds me to all people in my universe who had helped and influenced me during the last 7 years, since I prepared my master and PhD degrees, conducting researches, and now when this thesis shows it shape. |