Acción Gallega: agrarian populism and political change in Galicia during «Restauración» 1912-1915

Authors

  • Miguel Cabo Villaverde Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

Keywords:

Acción Gallega, agrarian societies, leadership, caciquismo, Catholic Church, political struggle

Abstract

Acción Gallega was one of the attempts to unify the force of the peasant unions in Galicia, under the banners of the fight against the caciquismo and the foros. Mostly active in the provinces of Ourense and Pontevedra, its charismatic leader was paradoxically a priest, Basilio Álvarez, who launched a campaign of meetings and propaganda which shook the foundations of the political system in Galicia. However, Acción Gallega eventually failed as a result of the lack of a solid estructure, its inner contradictions and the combined offensive of the Church hierarchy and the monarchist parties.

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Author Biography

Miguel Cabo Villaverde, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

Es profesor Titular en el Departamento de Historia Contemporánea e de América de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela. Sus investigaciones se centran en el ámbito de la historia rural y de la historia política entre la Restauración y mediados del siglo XX, poniendo siempre particular atención en la perspectiva comparativa. Entre sus publicaciones recientes pueden ser destacadas «Leyendo entre líneas las elecciones de la Restauración. La aplicación de la ley electoral de 1907 en Galicia», Historia Social, 61 (2008), «Agrarisme et agrariens en Galice» en Pierre Cornu y Jean-Luc Mayaud (eds., 2007), Au nom de la terre. Agrarisme et agrariens en France et en Europe du 19e siècle à nos jours, París: La Boutique de l`Histoire y «’The Long and Winding Road of Nationalization’. Eugen Weber’s Peasants into Frenchmen in European modern history (1976-2006)» (con Fernando Molina), European History Quarterly 39:2 (2009).

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How to Cite

Villaverde, M. C. (2014). Acción Gallega: agrarian populism and political change in Galicia during «Restauración» 1912-1915. Segle XX, Revista Catalana d’Història, (6), 113–131. Retrieved from https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/segleXX/article/view/9961

Issue

No. 6 (2013)

Section

Researches and essays

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