The dilemmas of renewal in continuity and the legacy of Marcello Caetano: from autumn to winter

This article presents an analysis of the political leadership of Marcell Caetano between 1970 and 1974. Contextualizes the main decisions of Marcell and develops an analysis of the post-spring period of his government. The article focuses on Marcello's dilemmas regarding the opportunities for change and evolution of the Portuguese authoritarian regime and is divided into two parts. In the first, the marcellist autumn, we analyze its attempts of renewal in continuity. In the second, the marcellist winter, we analyze the causes and consequences of the growing inability of Marcell to manage the constraints and anachronisms of the Portuguese authoritarian and imperial regime.