East Enders: Family And Community In East London

EAST ENDERS Family and community in East London Katharine Mumford and Anne Power EAST ENDERS Family and community in East London Katharine Mumford and Anne Power The •POLICY PP P R E S S First published in Great Britain in April 2003 by The Policy Press Fourth Floor, Beacon House Queen’s Road Bristol BS8 1QU UK Tel +44 (0)117 331 4054 Fax +44 (0)117 331 4093 e-mail [email protected] www.policypress.org.uk © Katharine Mumford and Anne Power 2003 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 978 186134 496 0 Katharine Mumford was Research Officer in the ESRC Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE) at the London School of Economics and Political Science, before leaving to start a family. Anne Power is Professor of Social Policy and Deputy Director of CASE. Cover design by Qube Design Associates, Bristol. Front cover: photograph kindly supplied by www.third-avenue.co.uk The right of Katharine Mumford and Anne Power to be identified as authors of this work has been asserted by them in accordance with the 1988 Copyright, Designs and Patents Act. All rights reserved: no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission of The Policy Press. The statements and opinions contained within this publication are solely those of the authors and not of The University of Bristol or The Policy Press. The University of Bristol and The Policy Press disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any material published in this publication. The Policy Press works to counter discrimination on grounds of gender, race, disability, age and sexuality. Printed and bound in Great Britain by Bell & Bain Ltd, Glasgow. Contents List of tables, figures and boxes Acknowledgements iv ix one two 1 9 Getting the inside view Investigating neighbourhood life Part 1: Community and race relations three Community spirit 31 four Race and community relations in changing multi-ethnic neighbourhoods 57 Part 2: Mothers in work or at home? five Families and work: mothers in paid work six Families and work: mothers at home