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- Title
Un blando en Gobernación: las políticas de orden público de Tomás Garicano Goñi.
- Authors
PALACIOS CEREZALES, DIEGO
- Abstract
The policing of protests during the Franco dictatorship is usually analyzed in terms of continuity and repressive reinforcement. This has led to some initiatives and episodes being misinterpreted. This article analyzes the policing reforms led by Tomás Garicano Goñi from the Ministry of the Interior (1968-1973), taking into account their objectives, achievements, and limitations. The logic that guided these changes was the reduction of the most overt violence, especially deaths during the control of demonstrations, through the creation of specialized riot units and the demand for police restraint in the use of firearms. These policies were opposed by ultra-Francoist sectors who accused the minister of being «soft». The aim to reduce the costs of repression, however, coincided with a desire for professionalization that was evident at many levels within the police force itself, which welcomed it as an opportunity to increase its resources, specific responsibilities, and autonomy. The legacy was a rejuvenated and modernized riot police force which became an important resource during the subsequent transition to democracy.
- Subjects
FRANCOISM; PUBLIC policy (Law); GARICANO Goni, Tomas
- Publication
Memoria y Civilizacion, 2023, Vol 26, Issue 2, p125
- ISSN
1139-0107
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.15581/001.26.029