Nas tramas do político: estudo das relações de poder em Triunfo - PB (1961-1968).

Abstract

This issue focuses the power relations in Triunfo city. In fact, that city is situated in Paraíba state and it was emancipated from São João do Rio do Peixe city in December 22, 1961. Triunfo is localized in Backwoods Region, it is faraway from João Pessoa, the Paraíba’s capital, more exactly 950 kilometers, and its population number 9,220 inhabitants according to 2010 census. It will be focalized the municipal elections relative from 1961 to 1968. For achievement this search, we will work with bibliographical and documentation sources. It will discuss the “coronelismo” concept, how was its beginning, framework and decay, considering the intricacy discussion that concept promotes, moreover, the colonels’ characteristics in Social Sciences, politic and historiography. Contextualizing the power relations in Paraíba state while Military Civil Government in order to learn how, in Triunfo city, during this studied period of time that power relations showed aspects of the “coronelismo power system”.