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.

`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

• PART ONE: INTRODUCTIONRe-shaping Europe - Ray Hudson and Allan M WilliamsThe Challenge of New Divisions within a Homogenized Political-Economic SpacePART TWO: ECONOMIC DIMENSIONSThe New Economy of the New Europe - Ray HudsonEradicating Divisions or Creating New Forms of Uneven Development?European Financial Integration and Uneven Development - Adam TickellPART THREE: POLITICAL DIMENSIONSNationalism and Its Derivatives in Post-1989 Europe - Colin H WilliamsNew Geographies of Democracy in Contemporary Europe - Joe PainterPART FOUR: SPATIAL DIMENSIONSThe `Divided′ Mediterranean - Russell King and Marco DonatiRedefining European RelationshipsTransformation and Division in Central Europe - Allan M Williams and Vladimir BalazPART FIVE: SOCIAL DIMENSIONSDeconstructing the Maastricht Myth? Economic and Social Cohesion in Europe - Diane PerronsRegional and Gender Dimensions of InequalityEthnicity, Racialization and Citizenship as Divisive Elements in Europe - Paul WhiteDivided Responses to an Ageing Population - Anthony M WarnesApocalyptic Demography, Ideology and Rational Social AdministrationBoundaries of Social Exclusion in Europe - Lila Leontidou and Alex AfouxenidisPART SIX: CONCLUSIONSA Divided European Future? - David Sadler

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.

`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

• PART ONE: INTRODUCTIONRe-shaping Europe - Ray Hudson and Allan M WilliamsThe Challenge of New Divisions within a Homogenized Political-Economic SpacePART TWO: ECONOMIC DIMENSIONSThe New Economy of the New Europe - Ray HudsonEradicating Divisions or Creating New Forms of Uneven Development?European Financial Integration and Uneven Development - Adam TickellPART THREE: POLITICAL DIMENSIONSNationalism and Its Derivatives in Post-1989 Europe - Colin H WilliamsNew Geographies of Democracy in Contemporary Europe - Joe PainterPART FOUR: SPATIAL DIMENSIONSThe `Divided′ Mediterranean - Russell King and Marco DonatiRedefining European RelationshipsTransformation and Division in Central Europe - Allan M Williams and Vladimir BalazPART FIVE: SOCIAL DIMENSIONSDeconstructing the Maastricht Myth? Economic and Social Cohesion in Europe - Diane PerronsRegional and Gender Dimensions of InequalityEthnicity, Racialization and Citizenship as Divisive Elements in Europe - Paul WhiteDivided Responses to an Ageing Population - Anthony M WarnesApocalyptic Demography, Ideology and Rational Social AdministrationBoundaries of Social Exclusion in Europe - Lila Leontidou and Alex AfouxenidisPART SIX: CONCLUSIONSA Divided European Future? - David Sadler

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.

`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

• PART ONE: INTRODUCTIONRe-shaping Europe - Ray Hudson and Allan M WilliamsThe Challenge of New Divisions within a Homogenized Political-Economic SpacePART TWO: ECONOMIC DIMENSIONSThe New Economy of the New Europe - Ray HudsonEradicating Divisions or Creating New Forms of Uneven Development?European Financial Integration and Uneven Development - Adam TickellPART THREE: POLITICAL DIMENSIONSNationalism and Its Derivatives in Post-1989 Europe - Colin H WilliamsNew Geographies of Democracy in Contemporary Europe - Joe PainterPART FOUR: SPATIAL DIMENSIONSThe `Divided′ Mediterranean - Russell King and Marco DonatiRedefining European RelationshipsTransformation and Division in Central Europe - Allan M Williams and Vladimir BalazPART FIVE: SOCIAL DIMENSIONSDeconstructing the Maastricht Myth? Economic and Social Cohesion in Europe - Diane PerronsRegional and Gender Dimensions of InequalityEthnicity, Racialization and Citizenship as Divisive Elements in Europe - Paul WhiteDivided Responses to an Ageing Population - Anthony M WarnesApocalyptic Demography, Ideology and Rational Social AdministrationBoundaries of Social Exclusion in Europe - Lila Leontidou and Alex AfouxenidisPART SIX: CONCLUSIONSA Divided European Future? - David Sadler