‘Work-life balance’ generally refers to how people may combine paid employmentwith family responsibilities. The UK government’s attempts to promote work-lifebalance are connected to wider concerns to maximise labour-force participation andinclude policies on tax credits, child care and...

This paper demonstrates that urban social exclusion in China does not onlyinclude restricted participation by the “underclass” in urban life, but also thedeprivation of certain political, social and economic rights. In addition, thepaper describes how the character of urban social exclusion...