Neighbourhoods under stress: Is there a sense of community? Available to Purchase

How can policy and practice move beyond the physical location of people within a neighbourhood to the more challenging task of integrating lives within a ‘community’? This article looks at what makes community spirit, at supporting vulnerable people and at racial intolerance. Faced with the bleak outlook for some communities and the individuals in them, an attempt is made to see what could be done simply, such as identifying good practice, developing effective methods and facilitating practitioners.