Mobility of ‘the defeated’: internal migration and social advancement in a post-civil war society

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Abstract

The article examines the relationship between the movement across space and social mobility by analyzing the conditions for internal migration in Spain during the years of the Franco regime. Specifically it reflects on the ways in which migration from the countryside into self-constructed shantytowns in the greater Madrid area was perceived by migrants themselves, and on the strategies that enabled migration to be carried through. By focusing on the challenges that internal migration posed to the spatial practices and mobility regimes of the dictatorship, the article also explores the relationship between spatial movement, social mobility and political repression within the context of a nationalist dictatorship.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)479-491
Number of pages13
JournalMobilities
Volume12
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 4 May 2017

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This research was supported by the Israel Science Foundation [grant no. 54/10].

Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.

Keywords

  • Franco regime
  • Orcasitas
  • Spain
  • internal migration
  • mobility
  • shantytowns
  • spatial movement

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