TRAÇOS DE UMA ELITE: A ELITE POLÍTICA PARAIBANA NO PÓS-1930

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the political (re)organization of Paraíba in the Vargas Era (1930-1945), aiming to identify the profile of political elites in Paraiba and their power bases that lead them to permanence in the political scenario of the state. Also, through the systems of the Old Republic (1889-1930), trying to understand the origins of this political elite of Paraiba and what significant changes the new configuration of power proposed by Vargas would influence the (re)structuring of political elites and in the construction of the centralizing state machine. We consider investigating the political relations established by the elected representatives, mainly in the legislative positions of state and federal deputies, to consolidate their networks of influence and thus guarantee their interests within the bureaucratic-administrative machine of the state. Therefore, understanding the variations that encompassed party associations, who were the political influences in the analyzed period, and how political personalities managed to outdo political parties as role model leaders in the post-30.