Participation in the Administration of Local Welfare Systems in Spain
Participation in the Administration of Local Welfare Systems in Spain

Summary/Abstract: The study, carried out from 2012 to 2015, has produced a typology of the mechanism, organisms and processes of civil participation in the autonomic system of social welfare in Spain. The study also performed a comparative analysis of cases, and assessed the impact, in terms of contributions of the Councils, in the democratic deepening of local public policies in terms of social welfare, and the improvement of the efficiency in managing social services and benefits. The research context was the autonomic system of social welfare and services in Spain and, more specifically, the offer of opportunities for associative and/or individual participation in the implementation, management and assessment of local social policies. For this purpose, the systematic analysis of the last 17 Laws of Social Services was promulgated, as well as the mechanisms and organisms for promotion of participation in the management of public policies. In order to carry out this analysis, we have approached a local corporation (town councils and municipal associations) responsible with administrating Services of Social Wellbeing which exist in the Región, and paid special attention to Councils and Institutes. The result discusses the role of different typologies and array of mechanisms, bodies and process of participation in the design, management and assessment of social welfare policies at a local level. Finally, we determine the factors that help to increase the efficiency of social public policies, by means of an increase in the citizens’ participation in local governance.

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