Un enfoque original sobre la génesis y éxito de Coalición Canaria: una contramovilización de élites y la reactivación del viejo pleito insular

This article proposes a review of the transición period and first decades of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands, focusing on the role played by the traditional power groups of the islands of Tenerife and Gran Canaria, which have fiercely confronted each other since the beginning of the 1...

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Autor: Montesdeoca Pérez, Jorge Antonio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Salamanca (USAL)
Repositorio:GREDOS. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Salamanca
OAI Identifier:oai:gredos.usal.es:10366/162906
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10366/162906
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:insularism
pleito insular
Spanish transition
Coalición Canaria
countermobilization
insularismo
transición
contramovilización
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Sumario:This article proposes a review of the transición period and first decades of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands, focusing on the role played by the traditional power groups of the islands of Tenerife and Gran Canaria, which have fiercely confronted each other since the beginning of the 19th century. The analysis confirms the central position occupied by these groups during the years preceding and following the birth of the Autonomous Community, innovatively approaching the set of political actions developed by these elites as a countermobilization. To this end, the article identifies and deals with four dynamics that emerged with the transition and threatened to disrupt the status quo in the islands. Then, it analyses some of the reactions deployed by the pleito insular elites, triggered mostly by the anxiety felt by these groups in the face of such dynamics. Based on this new perspective, the party Coalición Canaria is presented as the most important outcome of the countermobilization under examination, becoming an effective instrument that has had the capacity to shape the archipelago's political order, to a large extent, according to the will of those elites.