The art of lasting… On the continuity of local powers in rural Galicia between Francoism and transition to democracy (1973–1979)

Authors

  • Daniel Lanero Táboas Universidad de Santiago de Compostela

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18042/hp.40.12

Keywords:

Transition to democracy, local power, patronage networks, political parties, Galicia.

Abstract

This article documents, using a biographical methodology, those concrete ways of patrimonial use of political power that allowed an important fraction of francoist socioeconomic and political élites last through the end of the Regime and the Transition to democracy. Our analysis focus on the Galician (North West Spain) southern provinces of Ourense and Pontevedra, where we have found evidences of that kind of practices of patronage in the management of the territory and the community resources, in collusion with Spanish government strategies to ensure a successful institutional spread of the ruling party networks (Unión de Centro Democrático – UCD) across the country.

Author Biography

Daniel Lanero Táboas, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela

Daniel Lanero Taboas

Investigador Programa Ramón y Cajal. MINECO.

Grupo de Investigación HISTAGRA.

Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC)

Published

2018-11-15

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Section

STUDIES

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