East Enders - Family and community in East London

This moving 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. Using an up-to-date account of life in East London, the authors illustrate how cities faced with neighbourhoods in decline are changing.

List of contents

Getting the inside view; Investigating neighbourhood life. Part 1: Community and race relations; Community spirit; Race and community relations in changing multi-ethnic neighbourhoods. Part 2: Mothers in work or at home?; Families and work - mothers in paid work; Families and work - mothers at home. Part 3: Neighbouring conditions - the threat of breakdown; Managing neighbourhood conditions and services; Parks and open spaces; Disorder in the neighbourhoods - families' experiences of crime, gangs, neighbour problems; vandalism, graffiti, drugs and "rough" behaviour. Part 4: How change affects families; Changing places - the families and their neighbourhoods; Conclusions.

About the author

Katharine Mumford, until recently, was a Research Officer at the Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Anne Power is Professor of Social Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She was awarded a CBE in June 2000 for services to regeneration and resident participation.

Summary

This moving 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. Using an up-to-date account of life in East London, the authors illustrate how cities faced with neighbourhoods in decline are changing.

Product details

• Authors: Katharine Mumford, Katherine Mumford, Anne Power
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.06.2020
• EAN: 9781861344977
• ISBN: 978-1-86134-497-7
• No. of pages: 328
• Dimensions: 170 mm x 244 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 568 g
• Series: Case Studies on Poverty, Place and Policy; Case Studies on Poverty, Place; Case Studies on Poverty, Place; Case Studies on Poverty, Place and Policy
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; London, Greater London