LEADER 03358nam 2200445 450 001 9910814042203321 005 20230126215113.0 010 $a1-78284-399-X 035 $a(CKB)3710000001140521 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4835422 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30787974 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30787974 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001140521 100 $a20170420h20172017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aAlcala Zamora and the failure of the Spanish Republic, 1931-1936 /$fStanley G. Payne 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aBrighton, [England] ;$aPortland, [Oregon] ;$aToronto, [Ontario] :$cSussex Academic Press,$d2017. 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (215 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aSussex Studies in Spanish History 311 $a1-84519-858-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aA Monarchist Liberal (1877-1923) -- From Monarchist to Republican (1923-1931) -- The Battle over the Constitution (1931) -- The Reformist Biennium (1931-1933) -- The Elections of 1933 and the Victory of the Center and Right -- The Center Governments and the Revolutionary Insurrection of 1934 -- Government by the Center-Right (1934-1935) -- Alcala? Zamora Puts an End to Parliamentary Government (1935-1936) -- The Ouster of Alcala? Zamora (1936) -- Epilogue. 330 2 $a"The Second Spanish Republic (1931-36) was the only new liberal democratic regime to emerge in Europe during the 1930s. Historians, however, have focused primarily on the Civil War of 1936-39 that followed, devoting much less attention to the parliamentary regime that preceded it. This book deals with the history and failure of the democratic polity in Spain through a detailed examination of the initiatives of its president, Niceto Alcala? Zamora. As civil servant, lawyer, politician and writer, by 1931 he had become one of the most successful men of Spain. He played the leading role in the downfall of the monarchy and the inauguration of the Republic, which he served for eight months as initial prime minister and then as the first president. Stanley Payne's study argues that the failure of the Republic was not inevitable but depended on the policy choices of its president and the key party leaders. Alcala? Zamora's professed goal was to 'center the Republic,' stabilizing the new regime while avoiding extremes, but he failed altogether in this project. The Constitution of 1931 stipulated the 'double responsibility' of parliamentary government both to the president and to a voting majority. Though Alcala? Zamora resisted strong efforts from the left to cancel the results of the first fully democratic elections in 1933, he subsequently used his powers recklessly, making and unmaking governments at will, refusing to permit normal functioning of parliament"--Provided by publisher. 410 0$aSussex studies in Spanish history. 607 $aSpain$xHistory$yRepublic, 1931-1939 676 $a946.081092 700 $aPayne$b Stanley G.$0140002 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910814042203321 996 $aAlcala Zamora and the failure of the Spanish Republic, 1931-1936$94106921 997 $aUNINA