| Description |
x, 316 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: List of tables, figures and boxes iv -- Acknowledgements ix -- -- one Getting the inside view I -- two Investigating neighbourhood life 9 -- -- Part I: 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 93 -- six Families and work: mothers at home 117 -- -- Part 3: Neighbourhood conditions - the threat of breakdown -- seven Managing neighbourhood conditions and services 145 -- eight Parks and open spaces 177 -- nine Disorder in the neighbourhoods: families' experiences of crime, gangs, 197 -- neighbour problems, vandalism, graffiti, drugs and 'rough' behaviour -- -- Part 4: How change affects families -- ten Changing places: the families and their neighbourhoods 229 -- eleven Conclusions 265 -- -- References 281 -- -- Appendices -- Appendix 1: Interviewees 291 -- Appendix 2: Characteristics of the neighbourhoods, families interviewed, 295 -- and comparisons with local authority, regional and national averages -- Appendix 3: Neighbourhood selection - links to the '12 Areas Study' 296 -- Appendix 4: Mothers' work patterns in different work trajectories 297 -- Appendix 5a: Career histories of all non-working interviewees 300 -- Appendix 5b:The circumstances of the mothers at home who did not 302 -- want paid work -- Appendix 5c:The kind of paid work that the mothers and one lone 305 -- father wanted -- -- Index 309 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Families -- England -- London.
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| SUBJECT |
East End (London, England) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no96042494 -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008850
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| Author |
Power, Anne.
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| LC no. |
2004401819 |
| ISBN |
1861344961 |
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186134497X paperback |
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