Beyond the walls: Spanish republicanism during the constitutional discussions of the Transition to democracy. 1977-1978

Authors

  • Jesús Movellán Haro Universidad de Cantabria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17811/hc.v0i26.1150

Keywords:

Spanish Transition to Democracy, Francoism, Republicanism, ARDE, Constitutionalism, XXth Century

Abstract

During the Transition to democracy in Spain, the debates concerning the further Constitution of 1978 involved the participation of the main part of political forces. However, the last members of “historical” republicanism had no political representation in the Parliament. Its proposals and alternatives, always based on the 1931 republican Constitution, were left out of the public debate. This article analyzes, in fact, the internal debates and the constituent proposal of the last Spanish republicans, gathered in Acción Republicana Democrática Española.

Enviado el (Submission Date): 06/02/2025

Aceptado el (Acceptance Date): 12/04/2025

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Published

2025-09-01

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 26 (2025): Historia Constitucional N. 26 (2025)

Section

Spain

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