Publication: The Social Services of Spain after the neoliberal period: Longitudinal analysis from the perspective of Social Work (2012–2018)
Authors
Verde-Diego, Carmen ; Pastor Seller, Enrique ; González Rodriguez, Rubén ; Peláez Quero, Encarna
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Publisher
Oxford Academic
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcab201
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©2022. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
This document is the Published version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in British Journal of Social Work. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcab201
Abstract
The article presents a longitudinal analysis of the Social Services in Spain during the
period characterised by neoliberal policies (2012–2018), as well as the situation and
reactions of the professional social workers. The quantitative results of three surveys
promoted by the General Council of Social Work from Spain on data from 2012, 2013
and 2018 were compared. The sample allows extrapolating the results to all the social
workers in Spain. There is a loss of effectiveness and a worsening of the quality of
care of the social services. However, social workers do not attribute the deterioration
of the system to the increased demand, but to the cuts, privatisation and outsourcing
of resources. The professional discourse is critical: it departs from the narrative of punitive neoliberalism and denounces the violation of citizens’ rights. Professional practice reveals the ethical–political commitment in the system and the public militancy of
social workers in Spain.
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Citation
British Journal of Social Work, 52(5) 2022
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