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More Money, More Problems? Resource Dependence and Professionalization of Non-governmental Social Services Organizations in Southern Spain
Author/s | Maya Jariego, Isidro
Holgado Ramos, Daniel González Tinoco, Elena Muñoz Alvis, Andrés Ortega, Manuela |
Department | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Psicología Social |
Publication Date | 2020 |
Deposit Date | 2024-02-11 |
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Abstract | This study analyzes the strategies displayed by non-governmental organizations in the social services sector to face the resource dependence on public administration in Southern Spain. We focus on the reorganization of the ... This study analyzes the strategies displayed by non-governmental organizations in the social services sector to face the resource dependence on public administration in Southern Spain. We focus on the reorganization of the public subsidies system in Spain and its specific impact on the entities registered in Andalusia. In 2017, the Autonomous Communities assumed the management of a proportion of the subsidies with a charge to the Personal Income Tax for “social purposes,” which was previously managed by the General State Administration in its entirety. The case study combines the description of (a) the process of transferring the management of a line of subsidies from the state to the regional level, (b) the strategies of non-governmental organizations to face the context of instability and financial uncertainty, and (c) the impact of the regulatory bases of grant calls on programs implementation. First, the database with all the applications submitted in the calls of 2017 and 2018 is analyzed (n = 11,610 applications). Second, we describe the perception of the change in the management system, from the point of view of the third-sector social services entities. The combination of both strategies allows us to examine in detail the response of social service organizations to ensure the continuity of the budget and the continuity of services. The results show that the change in the management system gave rise to a wide debate among non-governmental social services organizations about the calls for grants managed by the regional government. However, the qualitative case study showed that the reaction of the entities has more to do with the needs of adaptation to an unstable, uncertain, and highly competitive financial environment, than with specific characteristics of grant calls. |
Citation | Maya Jariego, I., Holgado Ramos, D., González Tinoco, E., Muñoz Alvis, A. y Ortega, M. (2020). More Money, More Problems? Resource Dependence and Professionalization of Non-governmental Social Services Organizations in Southern Spain. Voluntas, 31 (6), 1212-1225. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-020-00256-z. |
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