Social Work in Spainhistoric contexts, singularities and current challenges
ISSN: 1982-0259
Año de publicación: 2013
Volumen: 16
Número: 1
Páginas: 110-118
Tipo: Artículo
Otras publicaciones en: Revista Katálysis
Resumen
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.