RT journal article
T1 More Money, More Problems? Resource Dependence and Professionalization of Non-governmental Social Services Organizations in Southern Spain
A1 Maya Jariego, Isidro
A1 Holgado Ramos, Daniel
A1 González Tinoco, Elena
A1 Muñoz Alvis, Andrés
A1 Ortega Gil, Manuela
A2 Economía General
K1 Non-governmental organizations
K1 Funding
K1 Social services
K1 Management systems
K1 Spain
AB 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.
PB Springer
SN 0957-8765
YR 2020
FD 2020-08-03
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/38521
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/38521
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 06-nov-2026