Social movement transition. The Andalusian and Galician neighbourhood movement facing the political change (1977-1982)

Abstract

Since the beginning of the 21st Century, some studies have evaluated the oficial view of the Spanish transition democracy, considered peaceful, with a supposingly demobilized society. In this way, the role of the social movement has been claimed. In the case of urban social movements, mainly set in the neighbour associations, they were privileged actors in the process of political change in he 70s in Andalusia and Galicia. Both saw a thriving neighbourhood movement in places where a disordered growth was being experimented. This social movement filed urban lawsuits for its neighbourhood, they tried to humanise its spaces and demanded to participate in the decision making process. Also, in the Andalucian case, they contributed to the autonomous lawsuits in decisive moments of the process. In their repertoire of protests, they tried different ways of channelizing social conflict. Their actions were considered as a disorderly conduct problem several times by the Administration. The connection between coercive state system and the neighbourhood movement went through negotiation situations, repression and violence. This paper intends to deal with the neighbourhood movement, scarcely studied in both territories, establishing parallelism and differences in its practice. As well as attending key movements, implicated actors and developed repertoires.