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Three Community spirit
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Abstract
This chapter looks at the community spirit of these two neighbourhoods. It identifies why the people living in these areas think community spirit matters, what signs they see of it, and whether they feel a part of it. It shows that more than half of the families saw themselves as a part of their community, and 62 of them saw signs of it existing even if they were not directly involved. This suggests that local community organisations contribute to local well-being and to local attempts at improving conditions in ways that are not normally acknowledged from outside.
Abstract
This chapter looks at the community spirit of these two neighbourhoods. It identifies why the people living in these areas think community spirit matters, what signs they see of it, and whether they feel a part of it. It shows that more than half of the families saw themselves as a part of their community, and 62 of them saw signs of it existing even if they were not directly involved. This suggests that local community organisations contribute to local well-being and to local attempts at improving conditions in ways that are not normally acknowledged from outside.
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- List of tables, figures and boxes iv
- Acknowledgements ix
- Getting the inside view 1
- Investigating neighbourhood life 9
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Community and race relations
- Community spirit 31
- Race and community relations in changing multi-ethnic neighbourhoods 57
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Mothers in work or at home?
- Families and work: mothers in paid work 93
- Families and work: mothers at home 117
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Neighbourhood conditions – the threat of breakdown
- Managing neighbourhood conditions and services 145
- Parks and open spaces 177
- Disorder in the neighbourhoods: families’ experiences of crime, gangs, neighbour problems, vandalism, graffiti, drugs and ‘rough’ behaviour 197
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How change affects families
- Changing places: the families and their neighbourhoods 229
- Conclusions 265
- References 281
- Interviewees 291
- Characteristics of the neighbourhoods, families interviewed, and comparisons with local authority, regional and national averages 295
- Neighbourhood selection – links to the ‘12 Areas Study’ 296
- Mothers’ work patterns in different work trajectories 297
- Career histories of all non-working interviewees 300
- The circumstances of the mothers at home who did not want paid work 302
- The kind of paid work that the mothers and one lone father wanted 305
- Index 309
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- List of tables, figures and boxes iv
- Acknowledgements ix
- Getting the inside view 1
- Investigating neighbourhood life 9
-
Community and race relations
- Community spirit 31
- Race and community relations in changing multi-ethnic neighbourhoods 57
-
Mothers in work or at home?
- Families and work: mothers in paid work 93
- Families and work: mothers at home 117
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Neighbourhood conditions – the threat of breakdown
- Managing neighbourhood conditions and services 145
- Parks and open spaces 177
- Disorder in the neighbourhoods: families’ experiences of crime, gangs, neighbour problems, vandalism, graffiti, drugs and ‘rough’ behaviour 197
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How change affects families
- Changing places: the families and their neighbourhoods 229
- Conclusions 265
- References 281
- Interviewees 291
- Characteristics of the neighbourhoods, families interviewed, and comparisons with local authority, regional and national averages 295
- Neighbourhood selection – links to the ‘12 Areas Study’ 296
- Mothers’ work patterns in different work trajectories 297
- Career histories of all non-working interviewees 300
- The circumstances of the mothers at home who did not want paid work 302
- The kind of paid work that the mothers and one lone father wanted 305
- Index 309
