The Politics of Representation: Elections and Parliamentarism in Portugal and Spain, 1875-1926 (The Portuguese-Speaking World)

Product Description \n“This volume provides important and compelling analysis of two cornerstones of the liberal constitutional regimes of Spain and Portugal: voting and parliaments. […] Collectively, the essays go beyond simplistic explanations for the “crisis of liberalism” that led to the rise of Franco and Salazar by exploring the function and practice of parliaments, giving texture to these critical years that are too often skimmed over. We now have a comprehensive collection of figures, data, and qualitative evidence to understand the political instability of this period. In other words, we now have a clearer picture of what the crisis of liberalism looked like for Spain and Portugal” —Bulletin for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies, 43 (1), 2018\n“This excellent volume, by leading authorities in the field, is a welcome addition to the steadily growing interest in the history of elections and parliaments in the Iberian world.” —Professor Eduardo Posada-Carbo, Oxford U.\n“The book opens a window onto political life that transforms our understanding of the emergence of modern politics in the southern edge of Europe.” —Professor Daniel Ziblatt, Harvard U.\n“An excellent, professional account of elections and parliaments in Spain and Portugal before democracy.” —Professor Jose Varela Ortega, Chairman of Jose Ortega y Gasset-Gregorio Maranon Foundation\nAbout the Author \nPedro Tavares de Almeida is Professor of Politics, NOVA University of Lisbon. Javier Moreno Luzón is Professor of Modern History, Complutense University of Madrid.

History

Moreno-Luzón, Javier

Europe

Liverpool University Press

Centennial Fever: Transnational Hispanic Commemorations and Spanish Nationalism (Studies in Latin American and Spanish History, 10)

Berghahn Books

This book is a short history of Spain during a crucial period, the reign of Alfonso XIII (1902-1931). Traditionally, this has been seen as a time that epitomized the worst features of 'old Spain': a backward country, poor and chronically unequal, with a government dominated by a tiny oligarchy ruling over a corrupt system - an anomaly in Western Europe. However, this book, in line with the most recent historiography, offers new insight into the period as one that was actually characterized by extensive modernization in Spanish society and politics. Spain was experiencing - albeit in an unbalanced way - many of the changes already in progress in other European countries, such as urbanization, industrialization, mass migration, the rise in literacy, secularization, and the emergence of mass politics. The country then suffered profound conflicts associated with these changes, as well as with a political dynamic of reform and reaction, revolution and counter-revolution. Modernizing the Nation is divided into four main sections, dealing chronologically with: a) the beginnings of the regenerationist era, b) the climax of the liberal monarchy, c) conflicts during the crisis of liberalism, and d) the military dictatorship of Primo de Rivera. Primarily a political history, the book also touches on social, cultural, and economic issues, and it offers a comparative European perspective. Last but not least, there is a special interest in the problems of nation-building (a central theme of the period) and the competition between different versions of Spanish nationalism and regional nationalist movements - above all, Catalanism and Basque nationalism. Overall, the Spanish situation is presented not as a unique case, but as a variation within the difficulties that were encountered all across continental Europe in achieving the transition from classical liberalism to mass democracy. (Series: Sussex Studies in Spanish History)

Modernizing the Nation: Spain During the Reign of Alfonso XIII, 1902-1931 (Liverpool Studies in Spanish History)

This book is a new short history of Spain during a crucial period, the reign of Alfonso XIII (1902-1931). Traditionally, this has been seen as a time that epitomized the worst features of 'old Spain': a backward country, poor and chronically unequal, with a government dominated by a tiny oligarchy ruling over a corrupt system - an anomaly in Western Europe. However, this study, in line with the most recent historiography, offers a new insight into the period as one that was actually characterized by extensive modernization in Spanish society and politics. Spain experienced, albeit in an unbalanced way, many of the changes already in progress in other European countries, such as urbanization, industrialization, mass migration, the rise in literacy, secularization, and the emergence of mass politics. It then suffered profound conflicts associated with these changes, and a political dynamic of reform and reaction, revolution and counter-revolution. The book is divided into four main sections, dealing, chronologically, with the beginnings of the regenerationist era, the climax of the liberal monarchy, conflicts during the crisis of liberalism, and the military dictatorship of Primo de Rivera. Primarily a political history, it also touches on social, cultural and economic issues, and offers a comparative European perspective. Last but not least, there is a special interest in the problems of nation-building, a central theme of the period, and the competition between different versions of Spanish nationalism and regional nationalist movements - above all, Catalanism and Basque nationalism. Overall, the Spanish situation is presented here not as a unique case but as a variation within the difficulties that were encountered all across continental Europe in achieving the transition from classical liberalism to mass democracy.

Alfonso XIII (Madrid 1886-Roma 1941) fue uno de los personajes más poderosos y controvertidos del siglo XX español. Su reinado cambió el país. Al llegar a la mayoría de edad, en 1902, le presentaron como el salvador de España. Pero tres décadas más tarde, en 1931, tuvo que partir al exilio, barrido por los republicanos y acusado de corrupto. Este libro estudia su figura desde un punto de vista inédito: el de las relaciones entre monarquía e identidad nacional. Como otros monarcas, adoptó el lenguaje del nacionalismo y el gusto por los espectáculos dinásticos. Viajes, fiestas cortesanas y ceremonias masivas salpicaron su imagen pública. Encantador e irreflexivo, interpretó múltiples papeles: soldado valeroso, aristócrata a la moderna, deportista y dandi cosmopolita, diplomático o príncipe humanitario, a nadie dejaba indiferente. Sin embargo, Alfonso XIII nunca aceptó un mero papel simbólico y representativo, sino que quiso ser un rey patriota, activo y comprometido con la vida política de su tiempo. Alentado por la mayoría de las fuerzas políticas y convencido de su personal sintonía con el pueblo, ejerció hasta el límite sus poderes constitucionales. Evolucionó de un españolismo regeneracionista, compatible con los proyectos liberales, a posiciones contrarrevolucionarias que desconfiaban del Parlamento y fundían a España con la fe católica. Así pues, no se erigió en un emblema nacional indiscutido, a salvo de las luchas partidistas, sino que acabó por respaldar una dictadura militar que sólo convencía a una parte de la opinión. Su trayectoria, tan rica como apasionante, nos habla de graves conflictos, sobre la nación y la monarquía, que aún resuenan entre nosotros.

El rey patriota: Alfonso XIII y la nación

Galaxia Gutenberg, S.L.

Restauración y dictadura: Historia de España Vol. 7

Villares, Ramón

Editorial Crítica.

Ser españoles: Imaginarios nacionalistas en el siglo XX

Núñez Seixas, Xosé M.

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