Changing Work and Community Identities in European Regions

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xv

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2. Approaching Regional and Identity Change in Europe

   • John Kirk, Sylvie Contrepois, Steve Jefferys

   Pages 1-22

3. Industrial, Urban and Worker Identity Transitions in Nuremberg

   • Lars Meier, Markus Promberger

   Pages 23-56

4. Industrial Decline, Economic Regeneration and Identities in the Paris Region

   • Sylvie Contrepois

   Pages 57-90

5. Two Spanish Cities at the Crossroads: Changing Identities in Elda and Alcoy

   • María Arnal, Carlos de Castro, Arturo Lahera-Sánchez, Juan Carlos Revilla, Francisco José Tovar

   Pages 91-123

6. Post-communist Transitions: Mapping the Landscapes of Upper Silesia

   • Kazimiera Wódz, Krzysztof Łęcki, Jolanta Klimczak-Ziółek, Maciej Witkowski

   Pages 124-153

7. Zonguldak Coalfield and the Past and Future of Turkish Coal-mining Communities

   • H. Tarık Şengül, E. Attila Aytekin

   Pages 154-183

8. Representing Identity and Work in Transition: The Case of South Yorkshire Coal-mining Communities in the UK

   • John Kirk, Steve Jefferys, Christine Wall

   Pages 184-216

9. A Skyline of European Identities

   • Sylvie Contrepois, Steve Jefferys, John Kirk

   Pages 217-231

10. Back Matter

    Pages 232-250

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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.

• bibliography
• Europe
• identity

• London Metropolitan University, UK

  John Kirk, Sylvie Contrepois, Steve Jefferys

MARIA ARNAL Lecturer in the Sociology Department at the Complutense University of Madrid, Spain E. ATTILA AYTEKIN Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey CARLOS DE CASTRO Lecturer at University of Murcia, Spain JOLANTA KLIMCZAK-ZIÓLEK Senior Researcher at the University of Silesia, Poland ARTURO LAHERA-SÁNCHEZ Senior Professor at the Complutense University of Madrid, Spain KRZYSZTOF LECKI Sociologist at the University of Silesia, Poland LARS 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, Germany MARKUS PROMBERGER Head of Joblessness and Social Inclusion Research at the IAB, Lecturer at University of Erlangen, and Visiting Professor at the University of Munich, Germany JUAN CARLOS REVILLA Senior Lecturer in the Social Psychology Department at the Complutense University of Madrid, Spain H. TARIK ?ENGÜL Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey FRANCISCO JOSÉ TOVAR Researcher in the Social Psychology Department at the Complutense University of Madrid, Spain CHRISTINE WALL Senior Research Fellow at the School of Architecture and the Built Environment, University of Westminster, UK and Deputy Director of ProBE (Centre for Research into the Production of the BuiltEnvironment) MACIEJ WITKOWSKI Senior Lecturer and Researcher at the Academy of Business, Poland KAZIMIERA WÓDZ Professor of Sociology, Head of Cultural Studies and of Social Work, Institute of Sociology, University of Silesia, Poland

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