Why Democracy Failed: The Agrarian Origins of the Spanish Civil War

by James Simpson and Juan Carmona

Book Overview

In this distinctive new history of the origins of the Spanish Civil War, James Simpson and Juan Carmona tackle the highly-debated issue of why it was that Spain's democratic Second Republic failed. They explore the interconnections between economic growth, state capacity, rural social mobility and the creation of mass competitive political parties, and how these limited the effectiveness of the new republican governments, and especially their attempts...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108720382
• ISBN13: 9781108720380
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 8.8"