22 articles in this issue
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Pedro Morago
Initially developed in the United States, the Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) has expanded to Canada, Sweden and the UK and is being implemented in an increasing number of countries, amongst them Spain. While supported by solid scientific evidence, AC... see more
Mercedes Bengoechea
Violence exerted against women occurs in a context which makes it possible and constant, and becomes cognitively accepted as «natural» only because of a series of hegemonic cultural practices which regu- late our behaviour, desire, tastes and needs. Some ... see more
J. Manuel Barbero
The intents to delimit what is research in Social Work are always approximate. To establish the investigations that are more useful for Social Work can be convenient to recall the conditions that offer disciplinary character to their practices: elements t... see more
Sergio García García
The following article seeks to contribute to the supply of knowledge about social context required by the categories that social intervention professionals use. Delving into the intellectual production related to the phenomena of social exclusion in conte... see more
Juan Carlos Pérez Medina
Pierre Bourdieu (1932-2002), French sociologist whose work has important influence both on sociological theory and in social and political arenas, published «Poverty in the World» in 1993. Together with a team of collaborators, among whom are sociologists... see more
José Ocón Domingo
Even if it is true that, depending on the different models of childhood typical of each historic period, the rights and interests of minors have been barely guaranteed, an important change of direction occurs in the 20 century. The disasters caused by the... see more
Josefa Fombuena Valero
This qualitative research explains the influence of gender on the interventions of female social workers and the difficulties they encounter not only as women who provide care for women, but also as a result of the categories which color the contributions... see more
Francisco Sacristán Romero
Active employment policies for Latin American immigrants seek to contribute to the improvement of possibilities of incorporation and work continuance of these workers who are so tied to the Spanish culture, combining, at the same time, flexibility and sec... see more
Félix Herrador
Beginning with the concept of governability, and of the different levels of governance, educational policy is considered to constitute the key stone on which democratic political systems of countries with developed and industrialized societies maintain, s... see more
Tomás R. Villasante
Joaquín García Roca
This article reviews the history of the formation of the public social service system in Spain and explores some routes not taken: the rights and aspirations to which they gave rise or created expectations, the origin of deinstitutionalization and the los... see more
Marco Marchioni
The crisis in politics and in the parties is evident. One may speak of a crisis of militancy and of affiliation; however, the parties continue to be the fundamental elements of the system. Political life is not based on participation, while community plan... see more
In this text, two schematic outlines are presented which introduce and articulate between the two a series of key concepts to distinguish some advances that we are making in participatory methodologies. In the first table, 12 theoretical-practical current... see more
M.ª Dolores Hernández
This article proposes a way of practicing community social work based on the participation of the population in the process of reflection and action for change. Participation must be the focus in all of the methodological steps, from the proposal to the e... see more
Loli Castilleja
The following pages are part of a more extensive report commissioned by the «Servei de politiques de diversitat i ciutadania de la Diputación de Barcelona (Area de igualtat i ciutadania) to whose officials we express our thanks for their collaboration in ... see more
José Antonio Rubio
The following article presents a work model of social organization based on participatory democracy, both for the organized population as well as for the population not yet organized, with the goal of improving not only their material living conditions bu... see more
Pilar González Rodríguez
In this paper, we present the underlying ideas of our attempt to work on local development with participatory methodologies to build a happier society. In the first part we consider theoretical matters in order to, in the second part, put forth an experie... see more
Julio Alguacil Gómez, Manuel Basagoiti Todríguez, Javier Camacho Gutiérrez
This study is the result of institutional collaboration between the Municipal Housing Office of the Ayuntamiento de Madrid (the body which is responsible for the Integral Rehabilitation Plan of the San Cristobal de los Angeles Quarter and the financing of... see more
Alfredo Ramos, José Luis F. Casadevante, José Haro, Ignacio Murgui
With this article, we seek to make a debate possible about our community experience in the Retiro district (Madrid). It is an experience which is too stubborn to adapt itself to various users’ manuals. We outline here our unique qualities and enunciate wh... see more
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