The suggestion that community cohesion did not take full account of inequalities in practice and that the link between disadvantage and prejudice and discrimination is a straightforward one is contested by Cantle (2012).
The suggestion that community cohesion did not take full account of inequalities from the outset is contradicted by the formal definition adopted by the LGA (see above). The idea of a simplistic link between disadvantage and prejudice and discrimination is also contested by Cantle (2012).