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.