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About the Author
Stephen B. Mutch, PhD, LLB (UNSW), is
Honorary Fellow in the Department of Politics
and International Relations, Macquarie
University, Sydney (now retired). He is a lawyer
and a former member of both the NSW
Legislative Council (State Senate) and the
Australian House of Representatives, serving in
parliament from 1988 to 1998. He is a member
of the editorial boards of the International
Journal of Cultic Studies and the Polish
quarterly Society and Family.