Changing Work and Community Identities in European Regions: Perspectives on the Past and Present [Hardcover]

This book juxtaposes the experiences of regions that have lived or are living through industrial transition in coal-mining and manufacturing centres throughout Europe, opening the way to a deeper understanding of the intensity of change and of how work helps shape new identities.List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Approaching Regional and Identity Change in Europe; J.Kirk, S.Contrepois & S.Jefferys Industrial, Urban and Worker Identity Transitions in Nuremberg; L.Meier & M.Promberger Industrial Decline, Economic Regeneration and Identities in the Paris Region; S.Contrepois A Tale of Two Spanish Cities: Elda and Alcoy at the Crossroads; M.Arnal, C.Castro, A.Lahera-Sanchez, J.Revilla & F.Tovar De-Industrialisation in Upper Silesia; K.Wodz, K.L?cki, J.Klimczak-Ziolek & M.Witkowski The Zonguldak Coalfield and the Past and Future of Turkish Coal-Mining Communities; H.?engul & E.Aytekin Representing Identity and Work in Transition: The Case of South Yorkshire Coal-Mining Communities in Britain; J.Kirk, S.Jefferys & C.Wall A Skyline of European Identities; S.Contrepois, S.Jefferys & J.Kirk Bibliography IndexMARIA ARNAL Lecturer in the Sociology Department at the Complutense University of Madrid, SpainE. ATTILA AYTEKIN Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at Middle East Technical University, Ankara, TurkeyCARLOS DE CASTRO Lecturer at University of Murcia, SpainJOLANTA KLIMCZAK-ZI?LEK Senior Researcher at the University of Silesia, PolandARTURO LAHERA-S?NCHEZ Senior Professor at the Complutense University of Madrid, SpainKRZYSZTOF LECKI Sociologist at the University of Silesia, PolandLARS MEIER Senior Researcher at the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) in Nuremberg and is Teaching Sociology at the Technical University of Darmstadt and the University of Munich, GermanyMARKUS PROMBERGER Head of Joblessness and Social Inclusion Research at the IAB, Lecturer lÓ(