Democracy and Sovereignty in Spain - Conceptual Innovation in the Spanish Constituent Assembly of 1931

This study investigates the conceptual contributions made by Spanish MPs in the course of the constitutional debate of 1931 by assuming, as a research approach, an interdisciplinary stance combining conceptual history, political theory, and parliamentary constitutional history.

List of contents

Introduction / Chapter 1: Debating the Meanings of a Democratic State (August to October 1931) / Chapter 2: Reforms towards a Social State (September to October 1931) / Chapter 3: Legal and Political Controversies around the Conceptualization of Freedom of Conscience (September to November 1931) / Chapter 4: Property Rights and the Limits to State Action (September to October 1931) / Chapter 5: Parliament and the President of the Republic (October to November 1931) / Chapter 6: Conclusions / Bibliography

About the author

Francisco J. Bellido PhD in social sciences (2020, Jyväskylä) and in philosophy (2022, Málaga), is a postdoctoral researcher currently based at the University of Málaga working on political philosophy, parliamentarism, constitutionalism, and conceptual history.

Summary

This study investigates the conceptual contributions made by Spanish MPs in the course of the constitutional debate of 1931 by assuming, as a research approach, an interdisciplinary stance combining conceptual history, political theory, and parliamentary constitutional history.

Product details

• Authors: Francisco Bellido, Francisco J. Bellido, Francisco J. (University of Malaga Bellido
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.03.2023
• EAN: 9781032330556
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3233055-6
• No. of pages: 150
• Series: Routledge/Canada Blanch Studies on Contemporary Spain; Routledge Studies on Contemporary Spain
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Ethnic Studies, European History, Spain, HISTORY / General, Hispanic & Latino Studies, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General, HISTORY / Europe / Spain