Changing Work and Community Identities in European Regions

Perspectives on the Past and Present
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-349-32081-3
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 265 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 342 g

Reihe: Identity Studies in the Social Sciences

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kirk, John

Jefferys, Steve

Contrepois, Sylvie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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 Index

Über Autor(innen)

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