This report discusses white working-class perspectives on community cohesion and the impact of social change. Community cohesion has been influential in shaping government policy since the 2001 disturbances in Burnley, Oldham and Bradford. During this period, few studies have assessed the contribution of white working-class communities to cohesion. This has been a serious omission. Reviewing the experiences of residents in three neighbourhoods across England, the report is timely: ten years after the disturbances, and at a time when the value of both multiculturalism and cohesion are being challenged.

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