France

Tensions and dilemmas policy makers have to cope with in childcare policies, against the background of the economic downturn and the organisational changes at the workplace

Since the nineties, significant organizational changes entering the workplace have marched hand in hand with a trend toward the development of atypical, irregular and/or unforeseeable working time sch...

The author investigates the increase in part-time jobs among women since the nineties and focus on the economic and social rationales underlying this phenomenon. She underlines the ne

In this chapter I address the issue of equal access to quality care and underline the lessons other countries could draw from France on providing high quality and affordable early childhood education ...

Critical analysis and assessment of childcare policies in France. Description of formal childcare policies and provisions for children aged 0-6 years....