L'organització i la prestació dels serveis socials de base local a la Catalunya de la postcrisi

Identifier:  TDX:3120

Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/TDX3120

Authors:  Forns i Fernández, Maria Victòria

Abstract:
The thesis approaches the organizational and competence system in postcrisis Catalonia's social services, through the territorial service model that, from the local perspective, puts the person in the center of gravity of the system. The first part of the thesis focuses on the analysis of the international, state and national legal framework that shapes the true right to social services for the citizens of Catalonia, in a post-crisis economic and social situation. Likewise, the distribution of material and functional competencies in the area of social services between the administration of the Generalitat and the local authorities is studied in detail. The second part analyses the Catalan public service architecture, in which local entities are the essential unit for developing social services, by virtue of the principles of universality, proximity and decentralisation, as enshrined in Law 12/2007 on social services. This law establishes access to social services for all citizens, which can interpret as the rise of a new social right. It also provides an approximation to the sectoral legislation with implications for local social services. In the third part, a well-founded criticism is made of the political and economic system of our society, and of its contradictory functioning. A system that, far from being inclusive, expels a part of the citizenry, in order to marginalize or socially exclude them, instead of deploying courageous policies to eradicate these situations.