Precarious housing, everyday life and relation with the State in Porto’s historic centre in the transition from dictatorship to democracy

Abstract

Taking as reference the social situation of Porto’s historic centre in the final years of the dictatorship that lasted in Portugal until 1974, and considering the configuration of State action and the very different forms of civic and political participation of local social agents before and after the transition to democracy, this paper presents some analytic contributions to the development of the sociological debate on the relation the working classes in contemporary cities have been establishing with the State and the universe of civic and political stances.