La sociedad civil democrática en acción: el republicanismo en el Madrid de la Restauración (1875-1923) = Democratic civil society in action under Spanish «Restauracion» regime: republicanism in Madrid

Abstract

In this essay my goal is to analyze the reconfiguration of the republican social network and political movement in Madrid from 1875 to 1923, when Spanish political regime moved from dictatorship to parliamentary liberalism. Republican forces in Madrid developed a strong and democratic movement in which structures and actions there were thousands (of people to participate) participated. That suggests the existence on an active civil society in that period. If the republicans didn´t succeed in bringing democracy to Spain it was mainly because of the closure of participation by the elites.