Ethnicity, class and aspiration : Understanding London's new East End by Tim Butler and Chris Hamnett with Sadiq Mir and Mark Ramsden

East London has undergone dramatic changes over the last 30 years, primarily as a result of London's large scale de-industrialisation and the rise in its financial sector. Large parts of inner East London remain deprived, but a once overwhelmingly white working class area is now home to a more complex and mobile class and ethnic mix. This topical book focuses on the aspirations of these different groups and the strategies they have pursued about where to live, driven in part by a concern to ensure a good education for their children. The book will be essential reading for students and academics in sociology, urban studies, geography and multicultural studies.

Introduction: the social transformation of East London Changing economy and social structure of East London Changing ethnic and housing market structure of East London Moving on, moving out, moving up: aspiration and the minority ethnic suburbanisation of East London Social reproduction: issues of aspiration and attainment The limits to parental decision-making under condition of constrained choice Reputation and working the system Conclusions: achieving aspiration?