Changing Work and Community Identities in European Regions

MARIA 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-ZIÓLEK Senior Researcher at the University of Silesia, PolandARTURO LAHERA-SÁNCHEZ 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 at University of Erlangen, and Visiting Professor at the University of Munich, GermanyJUAN CARLOS REVILLA Senior Lecturer in the Social Psychology Department at the Complutense University of Madrid, SpainH. TARIK ?ENGÜL Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Middle East Technical University, Ankara, TurkeyFRANCISCO 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, PolandKAZIMIERA WÓDZ Professor of Sociology, Head of Cultural Studies and of Social Work, Institute of Sociology, University of Silesia, Poland

• 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