@misc{10481/88834,
year = {2020},
month = {7},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/88834},
abstract = {Crisis in Spain since 2008 has revealed the economic system’s hidden face as well as weaknesses in welfare policies. In absence of responses from public authorities, some members of the Spanish citizenry have organised to seek survival formulas to stave off social exclusion. By taking into account gender differences, this article addresses roles played by reciprocity networks. Also how solidarity, resilience, and participatory democracy help people to get their prominence back. Using a qualitative methodology, we analysed data collected from 20 in-depth interviews (conducted between 2015 and 2018). Informants were representatives of several Spanish citizen organisations (including Andalusia, Catalonia, Balearic Islands, Madrid, Navarra, and Basque Country), the areas of study for our research project. We are able to demonstrate these organisations’ efficacy for providing people with opportunities for mutual support, and solidarity, through self-organisation. In fact, the referred organisations have become spaces for accompaniment, emotional support, and personal and collective empowerment. Ultimately, participation through community networks is helping to reverse social exclusion, and the injustice that it reflects. Nevertheless, we have also observed how invisible female leadership remains in this context; a real challenge for the field of Social Work as a whole.},
abstract = {La crisis en España desde 2008 ha revelado la cara oculta del sistema económico y las debilidades en las políticas de bienestar. Ante la falta de respuesta del Estado español, la ciudadanía se ha organizado para buscar fórmulas que les ayuden a evitar caer en la exclusión social. Al tener en cuenta las diferencias de género, este artículo aborda los roles desempeñados por las redes de reciprocidad y cómo la solidaridad, resiliencia y la democracia participativa ayudan a las personas a recuperar su protagonismo. Utilizando una metodología cualitativa, analizamos 20 entrevistas en profundidad realizadas entre 2015 y 2018 a organizaciones de Andalucía, Cataluña, Islas Baleares, Madrid, Navarra y País Vasco. Los resultados muestran la eficacia de estas organizaciones al proporcionar a las personas, autoorganizadas, apoyo mutuo y solidaridad. De hecho, estas organizaciones se han convertido en espacios vitales de acompañamiento, apoyo emocional y empoderamiento, tanto personal como colectivo. Sin embargo, hemos observado cómo el liderazgo femenino invisible permanece en este contexto; A pesar de ello, la participación a través de redes comunitarias está ayudando a revertir la exclusión social y la injusticia que refleja. Un verdadero desafío y oportunidad para el campo del Trabajo Social en su conjunto.},
organization = {Ministry of Science and Innovation. Secretary of State for Research, Development and Innovation, Spain [grant number CSO2014-57084-R]},
keywords = {Gender},
keywords = {Exclusion},
keywords = {Crisis},
keywords = {Spain},
keywords = {Civic initiatives},
keywords = {Social Work},
title = {Community work and citizen activism as a response to the crisis in Spain: gender, poverty and social exclusion},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1080/13691457.2020.1793106},
author = {Morales-Villena, Amalia and Martín-Martín, Paloma and Mestre-Miquel, Joana Mª},
}