Caring Responsibilities in European Law and Policy

Eugenia Caracciolo di Torella is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Leicester, UK. Annick Masselot is Professor of Law at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand

• Table of ContentsForeword Acknowledgments Setting the scene: ‘Everyone cares. Everyone is cared for’Concepts of care (i) The Markers of the caring relationship (ii) Childcare v Other Types of Care (iii) The demographic of care Should the EU care about care? (i) Care cannot be confined to domestic borders (ii) The business case (iii) The moral case Structure of the book Chapter 1: Conceptualising care Introduction Rights and care (i) Rights, Care and the EU: uneasy bedfellows? (ii) A feminist analysis of care: the sameness/difference debate Beyond the sameness/difference debate: an alternative perspective on rights (i) Rights, care and capabilities (ii) The Ethic of Care Conclusion Chapter 2: The emerging EU childcare strategy Introduction Defining Childcare The Diversity of Childcare Arrangements in the EU Member States Challenges and shifting rationales The governance of childcare The development of the EU childcare strategy The first phase: early developments The second phase: The Treaty of Amsterdam The third phase: The Work-Life Balance Package and the 2008 financial crisis The fourth phase: childcare post-2010 - an emerging children’s rights framework? Conclusion Chapter 3: The EU and Long-Term Care Introduction Long-Term Care: the main features LTC Challenges … … and opportunities The rationale for EU involvement LTC policy development in the EU and in the Member States Recent Policy Development on Long-Term Care. Conclusion Chapter 4: The EU and carers Introduction Carers, non-discrimination and equality provisions (i) Gender equality (ii) Other grounds of discrimination (iii) Discrimination by association Carers and the work family reconciliation provisions (i) The leave provisions (ii) The time provisions Conclusions Chapter 5: Reframing the Debate Introduction Using the EU fundamental principles and values to underpin a legal framework for care A rights-based strategy for carers The Legal base In search of the personal scope: who has caring responsibilities? The material scope: rights for carers Conclusion Final remarks Identifying the Challenges The future of Care in the EU: towards a holistic approach? Bibliography