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[email protected] Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas España Blakeley, Georgina «Vestir el muñeco»: Torcuato Fernández-Miranda, la «herestética» y la Ley para la Reforma Política Reis. Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas, núm. 154, abril-junio, 2016, pp. 3 -18 Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas Madrid, España Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=99746727001 How to cite Complete issue Scientific Information System More information about this article Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal Journal's homepage in redalyc.org Non-profit academic project, developed under the open access initiative doi:10.5477/cis/reis.154.3 “Keeping up Appearances”: Torcuato Fernández-Miranda, “Heresthetics” and the Spanish Law for Political Reform «Vestir el muñeco»: Torcuato Fernández-Miranda, la «herestética» y la Ley para la Reforma Política Georgina Blakeley Key words Abstract Political Elites This article attempts to explain an unexpected political outcome: Why, • Francoism when it would result in their own political demise, did an overwhelming • Heresthetics majority in the Francoist parliament vote in favour of the Law for Political • Legislative Power Reform in 1976? Based on the concept of heresthetics, this article • Decision Making analyses the strategic manoeuvres of Torcuato Fernández-Miranda, the • Democratic Transition president of the Francoist Cortes, which led to the passage of the Law. A thematic analysis of the three days of debate over the Law in the Cortes shows the way in the which the discussion was raised and the dimensionality of the Law determined, and reveals signifi cant “heresthetic” maneuvering in a situation of transition in which the need to maintain appearances was of vital importance.