East Enders: Family And Community In East London

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What impact do poor neighbourhood conditions have on family life? Why does "neighbourhood" matter to low income families? How important is community spirit to people living in deprived areas? Does major regeneration funding improve social conditions? This book about the lives of families in London's East End gives important new insights into neighbourhood relations (including race relations), through the eyes of the local community. What hope is there of change? Using an up-to-date account of life in East London, the authors illustrate how cities faced with neighbourhoods in decline are changing. "East Enders": gives a bird's eye view of neighbourhood problems and assets; provides policy recommendations based on real life experiences; tackles topical issues such as race relations, mothers and work, urban revival and social disorder through the eyes of families; and is authored by leading experts in community studies. Undergraduate and postgraduate students in social policy, sociology, anthropology, urban studies, child development, geography, housing and public administration should find this book useful. Policy makers in national and local government, practitioners and community workers in towns and cities and general readers interested in the life and history of urban neighbourhoods will also find this book a valuable source of information.

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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
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