Divided Europe

Allan studied Economics and Geography at University College Swansea, 1969-72, before completing his PhD at the LSE. After completing his doctoral thesis, he worked as a Research Fellow at the LSE on a project on'Change in Urban Britain', and in 1976-8 was Lecturer in Geography at the University of Durham. In 1978 he moved to the Geography Department at the University of Exeter, where he was successively Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Reader and then, from 1995, Professor of Human Geography and European Studies. He was Co-Director of the Centre for European Studies 1987-95. He also jointly established, with Gareth Shaw, an MSc in Tourism, Development and Policy at Exeter in 2000. He was appointed to the Chair in European Integration and Globalization at London Metropolitan in 2006, in the Institute for the Study of European Transformations, and the Working Lives Research Institute. He joined the Tourism Group in the Faculty of Management at Surrey in January 2011.

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION Re-shaping Europe - Ray Hudson and Allan M Williams The Challenge of New Divisions within a Homogenized Political-Economic Space PART TWO: ECONOMIC DIMENSIONS The New Economy of the New Europe - Ray Hudson Eradicating Divisions or Creating New Forms of Uneven Development? European Financial Integration and Uneven Development - Adam Tickell PART THREE: POLITICAL DIMENSIONS Nationalism and Its Derivatives in Post-1989 Europe - Colin H Williams New Geographies of Democracy in Contemporary Europe - Joe Painter PART FOUR: SPATIAL DIMENSIONS The `Divided' Mediterranean - Russell King and Marco Donati Redefining European Relationships Transformation and Division in Central Europe - Allan M Williams and Vladimir Balaz PART FIVE: SOCIAL DIMENSIONS Deconstructing the Maastricht Myth? Economic and Social Cohesion in Europe - Diane Perrons Regional and Gender Dimensions of Inequality Ethnicity, Racialization and Citizenship as Divisive Elements in Europe - Paul White Divided Responses to an Ageing Population - Anthony M Warnes Apocalyptic Demography, Ideology and Rational Social Administration Boundaries of Social Exclusion in Europe - Lila Leontidou and Alex Afouxenidis PART SIX: CONCLUSIONS A Divided European Future? - David Sadler

`Following an excellent editorial introduction, the book is divided into four principle sections, successively examining the economic, political, spatial and social dimensions to this new geographical mediation of Europe. Issues addressed include uneven development, nationalism, gender, ethnicity, racialisation and citizenship and demography. The content is aimed primarily at an undergraduate readership and within certain constraints, includes a good range of accessible material written by acknowledged experts in their fields.' - Geography `The book does cover a wide range of contempororary European geographical debates and it contains plenty of interesting arguments and original facts and figures that are inspiring for anyone dealing with the issue.' - European Planning Studies `This book is a welcome addition to the academic debate on Europe. Rather than discussing Europe in terms of integration and harmonization, this volume in concerned with the causes and consequences of present divisions. It is organized into four main sections - economic, political, spacial and social- which gives a variety of perspectives on the theme in question' - Regional and Federal Studies