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

  • Daniel Lanero Táboas Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
  • Daniela Ferrández Pérez Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
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.

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Lanero Táboas D. y Ferrández Pérez D. (2019). "The art of lasting"… On the continuity of local powers in rural Galicia between Francoism and transition to democracy (1973–1979). Historia y Política, 40, 331-362. https://doi.org/10.18042/hp.40.12