“Salud y fraternidad andaluzas”. Origen y evolución del Partido Socialista de Andalucía en Granada (1973-1984)

Abstract

The PSA (Spanish acronym for Andalusian Socialist Party) took part in recovering and promoting the Andalusian culture, as well as in the decentralization of political powers and the democratization of local city councils since 1976. People from five sectors converged at the PSA in Granada: members of a Catholic scout group, former members of the religious student group FECUM (Spanish acronym for Federation of Marianist University Congregations), grassroots progressive Christian activists from Solidaridad Andaluza (Andalusian Solidarity), several young professionals and university students.The success in the local elections held in 1979 was influenced by factors as the youth and personal prestige of the most relevant members of PSA in Granada and their compromise with neighbourhood and regional movements. Subsequent local government agreements and the internal crisis of the PSA were sources of dissatisfaction that affected negatively the Granadian organization.