The constitutional guarantee of the provision of local Social Services in Spain: a comparative regional study
| Autor | Maria Victòria Forns y Fernández, Elisa Alegre-Agís |
| Cargo | Permanent Collaborating Professor of Social Work and Social Services, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Tarragona, Spain). / Postdoctoral Researcher 2020ICREA-08, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Tarragona, Spain |
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Rev. Investig. Const., Curitiba, vol. 11, n. 1, e232, jan./abr. 2024.
Revista de Investigações Constitucionais
ISSN 2359-5639
DOI: 10.5380/rinc.v11i1.93629
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The constitutional guarantee of the provision of local
Social Services in Spain: a comparative regional study
A garantia constitucional da prestação de serviços sociais locais na
Espanha: um estudo comparativo das Comunidades Autônomas
MARIA VICTÒRIA FORNS I FERNÁNDEZ I, *
I Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Tarragona, Spain)
mariavictoria.forns@urv.cat
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3938-8172.
ELISA ALEGREAGÍS I, **
I Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Tarragona, Spain)
elisa.alegre@urv.cat
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3720-7163
Recebido/Received: 06.12.2023 / 6 December 2023
Aprovado/Approved: 20.03.2024 / 20 March 2024
Abstract
This article outlines the public architecture of social ser-
vices in Spain from the perspective of the constitutional
guarantee of the provision of local social services. For
Resumo
Este artigo desenha a arquitetura pública dos serviços so-
ciais em Espanha, na perspectiva da garantia constitucio-
nal da prestação de serviços sociais locais. Para tal, analisa
Artigo
Como citar esse artigo/How to cite this article: FORNS I FERNÁNDEZ, Maria Victòria; ALEGRE-AGÍS, Elisa. The constitutional guar-
antee of the provision of local Social Services in Spain: a comparative regional study. Revista de Investigações Constitucionais,
Curitiba, vol. 11, n. 1, e232, jan./abr. 2024. DOI: 10.5380/rinc.v11i1.93629
* Permanent Collaborating Professor of Social Work and Social Services, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Tarragona, Spain). PhD in Social
and Cultural Anthropology, Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Degree in Social and Cultural Anthropology and Master in Advanced Stud-
ies in Administration and Public Law, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV). Diploma in Social Work from the University of Barcelona
(UB). Coordinator of the Degree in Social Work at the Faculty of Legal Sciences, co-director of the Chair of Social Inclusion and
collaborator of the Chair of Local Legal Studies Màrius Viadel i Martin of the URV. Director of the Revista de Treball Social (RTS)
of the Col-legi de Treball Social de Catalunya. Member of the Social Anthropology Research Group and researcher. Researcher
of the R+D+i projects of the Ministry of Science and Innovation PID2021-122523OB-100 “Retos de la atención primaria en salud
durante la pandemia de covid-19: salud comunitaria y participación social (RETCOV)” and PID2021-122999OB-I00 “Necesidades
de las hijas e hijos del feminicidio: una aproximación transdisciplinar a las consecuencias de la violencia de género en el contexto
de la covid-19 (FEMMINOR)”.
** Postdoctoral Researcher 2020ICREA-08, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Tarragona, Spain). PhD in Medical Anthropology and Global
Health (Cum Laude and Extraordinary Doctorate Award). Degree in Social and Cultural Anthropology. Master in Medical Anthro-
pology and International Health (URV) and Social Worker, Universitat de València. Lecturer at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili and
consulting professor at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. Predoctoral fellow by Santander Iberoamerica at the Institute of
Anthropological Sciences of the University of Buenos Aires, and predoctoral fellow of the Martí-Franqués Program of research
grants PDI by the URV. She has participated in several research projects on mental health, madness, history of psychiatry, family,
drug use and discomfort in youth and adolescents, as well as on feminist and gender health. She is a member of the Medical
Anthropology Research Center, of the editorial board of the Medical Anthropology Collection of Publicacions URV and the
Institut Català d’Antropologia, and of the Social Anthropology Research Group (GAS URV).
MARIA VICTÒRIA FORNS I FERNÁNDEZ | ELISA ALEGRE-AGÍS
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CONTENTS
1. Introduction; 2. The comparative model of social services in the Autonomous Communities;
2.1. Conceptualization; 2.2. Holders of the right to access social services; 2.3. Functional struc-
ture; 2.3.1. Andalusia; 2.3.2. Aragon; 2.3.3. Asturias; 2.3.4. Cantabria; 2.3.5. Castilla-La Mancha;
2.3.6. Castilla-Leon; 2.3.7. Catalonia; 2.3.8. Extremadura; 2.3.9. Galicia; 2.3.10. Balearic Islands;
2.3.11. Canary Islands; 2.3.12. Rioja; 2.3.13. Madrid; 2.3.14. Murcia; 2.3.15. Navarra; 2.3.16. Basque
Country; 2.3.17. Valencia; 2.4. Benets from Social Ser vices systems; 2.4.1. Concept; 2.4.2. Types;
2.4.2.1. Professional, technical, material or service services; 2.4.2.2. Technological features; 2.4.2.3.
Economic benets; 2.4.2.4. Guaranteed and/or essential benets; 2.4.2.5. Conditional, non-essen-
tial and/or standard benets; 3. Local competences: municipal and supramunicipal; 3.1. Andalusia;
3.1.1. Powers of local authorities; 3.1.2. Powers of the Provincial Councils; 3.2. Aragon; 3.2.1. Powers
of local authorities; 3.2.2. Powers of the County and Provincial Councils; 3.3. Asturias; 3.4. Canta-
bria; 3.5. Castilla-La Mancha; 3.5.1. Powers of local authorities; 3.5.2. Powers of Provincial Councils;
3.6. Castilla-Leon; 3.7. Catalonia; 3.7.1. Municipal powers; 3.7.2. Supramunicipal powers; 3.8. Ex-
tremadura; 3.9. Galicia; 3.10. Balearic Islands; 3.10.1. Powers of municipalities; 3.10.2. Powers of the
Island Councils; 3.11. Canary Islands; 3.11.1. Powers of municipalities; 3.11.2. Powers of the Islands
Councils; 3.12. Rioja; 3.13. Madrid; 3.14. Murcia; 3.15. Navarra; 3.16. Basque Country; 3.16.1. Powers
of municipalities; 3.16.2. Powers of Foral Councils; 3.17. Valencia; 3.17.1. Powers of municipalities;
3.17.2. Powers of Provincial Councils; 4. Conclusions; 5. References.
1. INTRODUCTION1
The birth of formal democracy in Spain can say that it will become the catalyst
towards the creation of social services as we currently understand them. The promulga-
tion of the 1978 Constitution (SC) shapes the current State of autonomies, which is the
principle of the development of social services.
1 Vid in totum, FORNS I FERNÁNDEZ, Maria Victòria. El sistema organizativo y competencial de los servicios soci-
ales locales de la postcrisis en el Estado Español. El caso de Catalunya. A&C – Revista de Direito Administrativo
& Constitucional, Belo Horizonte, ano 18, n. 74, p. 25-66, oct./dic. 2018. DOI: 10.21056/aec.v19i74.1046.
this, the Spanish Constitution is analyzed, as well as the
17 laws of social services corresponding to the dierent
Autonomous Communities. It is therefore a comparative
regional study in which the local authority is the essen-
tial unit to deploy social services, responding to the
principles of universality, proximity, and decentraliza-
tion; mandated by Spanish legislation. These and other
complementary laws establish universal access to social
services for all citizens, determine the territorial struc-
ture, the competences of the dierent administrations,
rights holders, typologies of services and benets and
their articulation to ensure the quality of life and social
welfare of all citizens.
Keywords: social ser vices; constitutional law; Autono-
mous Communities; local powers; Spain.
a Constituição espanhola, bem como as 17 leis sobre ser-
viços sociais correspondentes às diferentes Comunidades
Autónomas. Trata-se, portanto, de um estudo autonómico
comparativo em que a entidade autônoma local é a unida-
de essencial para a prestação de serviços sociais, respon-
dendo aos princípios de universalidade, proximidade e des-
centralização, consagrados na legislação espanhola. Estas
leis e outras de caráter complementar estabelecem o acesso
universal de todos os cidadãos aos serviços sociais, determi-
nam a estrutura territorial, as competências das diferentes
administrações, os titulares de direitos, os tipos de serviços
e prestações e sua articulação para garantir a qualidade de
vida e o bem-estar social de toda a cidadania.
Palavras-chave: serviços sociais; direito constitucional;
comunidades autónomas; competências locais; Espanha.
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