German and French childcare policies under the impact of the European Union

Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject Politics - Topic: European Union, grade: 2,0, University of Twente , language: English, abstract: In most European societies, it is women who are considered responsible for raising children and caring for dependent family members, whereas men’s task is to cater for the family financially. On the one hand, this prevents mothers from participating acti...