This book reflects the enormous interest in work-life balance and current pressing concerns about the impacts of austerity more broadly. It draws on contemporar

Both research and policy on balancing work and family life have tended to focus on mothers' lives. There has been a general lack of comparative research to the

Looks at the three main components of work-family policy packages - childcare services, flexible working patterns and entitlements to leave from work in order t

Pressure to achieve work-life "balance" has recently become a significant part of the cultural fabric of working life in United States. A very few privileged em