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Pretos e Brancos. Liberalismo e Caciquismo no distrito de Castelo Branco (1852-1910)
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As investigações sobre o caciquismo em Portugal durante a Monarquia Constitucional são praticamente inexistentes, ao contrário de Espanha, onde, graças aos estudos levados a cabo há várias décadas, é possível traçar um quadro bastante preciso sobre a importância dos caciques na vida política da Restauração borbónica (1874-1923). Pelo contrário, em Portugal os trabalhos sobre as elites políticas da periferia têm sido enquadrados no âmbito dos municípios, recaindo a análise, essencialmente, sobre a origem social das vereações, negligenciando a atuação dos seus membros como influentes políticos e eleitorais. A dissertação que aqui se apresenta tenta romper com esta situação e tem como objetivo estudar a atividade política dos chefes de duas famílias - os Vaz Preto Geraldes e os Tavares de Almeida Proença - influentes na Beira Baixa, na segunda metade do século XIX. A estas duas famílias é tradicionalmente reconhecida uma grande preponderância política, constituindo duas fações, conhecidas por pretos e brancos, a quem são atribuídas o controlo das câmaras municipais, a indicação de governadores civis, a manipulação dos atos eleitorais, a escolha de deputados e o condicionamento da ação governativa nas suas zonas de influência. Apesar disso não há nenhum estudo sobre o seu real poder pelo que, aquilo que se propõe é analisar as origens desse poder, a forma como o exerciam, as redes clientelares que estabeleceram, as relações com o poder central, a evolução destas tendências políticas beirãs e as particularidades da vida política local.
Research on caciquismo in Portugal during the Constitutional Monarchy is practically inexistent, whereas in Spain it is possible to draw a fairly accurate picture of the importance of the caciques in the political life during the Borbonic Restoration period (1874-1923), thanks to studies that have been carried out for several decades. On the contrary, in Portugal the works about the political elites of the periphery have been framed in the context of the municipalities, essentially falling upon the analysis of the social origin of town-councillors, neglecting their role as political and electoral influents. The dissertation presented here tries to break with this situation and has the aim of studying the political activity of the chiefs of two families – the Vaz Preto Geraldes and the Tavares de Almeida Proença – influents in the Beira Baixa region, in the second half of the nineteenth century. Traditionally a major political preponderance is recognised to these two families which gave rise to two factions known as «pretos» (Blacks) and «brancos» (Whites), to whom the control of the municipal councils, the indication of the civil governor, the manipulation of the electoral acts, the choice of national members of parliament and the conditioning of government action in their areas of influence are attributed. In spite of the apparent evidences, there has not been published any study on their real power. Furthermore, what is proposed is the analysis of the origin of this power, how they exerted it, the patronage networks they established, the relations with the central power, the political evolution of these tendencies and the particularities of the local political life.
Research on caciquismo in Portugal during the Constitutional Monarchy is practically inexistent, whereas in Spain it is possible to draw a fairly accurate picture of the importance of the caciques in the political life during the Borbonic Restoration period (1874-1923), thanks to studies that have been carried out for several decades. On the contrary, in Portugal the works about the political elites of the periphery have been framed in the context of the municipalities, essentially falling upon the analysis of the social origin of town-councillors, neglecting their role as political and electoral influents. The dissertation presented here tries to break with this situation and has the aim of studying the political activity of the chiefs of two families – the Vaz Preto Geraldes and the Tavares de Almeida Proença – influents in the Beira Baixa region, in the second half of the nineteenth century. Traditionally a major political preponderance is recognised to these two families which gave rise to two factions known as «pretos» (Blacks) and «brancos» (Whites), to whom the control of the municipal councils, the indication of the civil governor, the manipulation of the electoral acts, the choice of national members of parliament and the conditioning of government action in their areas of influence are attributed. In spite of the apparent evidences, there has not been published any study on their real power. Furthermore, what is proposed is the analysis of the origin of this power, how they exerted it, the patronage networks they established, the relations with the central power, the political evolution of these tendencies and the particularities of the local political life.
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Caciquismo Eleições Castelo Branco Vaz Preto Geraldes Tavares de Almeida Proença Monarquia Constitucional História Política Elections Constitutional Monarchy Political History