Movimiento estudiantil antifranquista, cultura política y transición política a la democracia

Abstract

This article examines the role of the anti-Franco student opposition movement (which emerged during the 1960s) in the shaping, acceptance and subsequent spread of a culture of political participation, touchstone of the political transition which would begin after the death of Franco. Its basic argument is that the universities produced the most important social movement vis-á-vis the transition, due both to the number of activists and their "quality". While their action was complementary to that taken by other collectives (workers, etc), the "generation of 1950" undoubtedly played a leading role, providing both novel ideas and marginalized groups (women).