Social Work in Spainhistoric contexts, singularities and current challenges
ISSN: 1982-0259
Year of publication: 2013
Volume: 16
Issue: 1
Pages: 110-118
Type: Article
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Abstract
This article analyzes the historic nature and construction of the so-called welfare state in Spain, as well as the particularities of the process of construction and consolidation of Social Work as a profession and discipline. It presents the important role of the profession in the implementation, organization and consolidation of the public social services network with the predominance of the professional bureaucratic-administrative model. It concludes by indicating the main current challenges to Social Work in a context of a strong crisis in the capitalist economic model and the radicalization of the social question.