Violencia política y orden público en la España de la primera mitad del siglo XX. Un ensayo interpretativo

Abstract

The main aim of this article is to present a state-of-the-art account of research into political violence in Spain during the first half of the 20th Century. Books and articles published since 2000 are considered. Certainly, the topic of political violence encompasses many different aspects, which can in turn be analysed from a range of perspectives. In this article, we focus on political violence in relation to the presence of the state and the imposition of public order. The period under study is especially important given the fact that the country experienced a variety of political regimes and a civil war; it is thus pertinent to offer an explanatory model capable of conferring meaning to the diverse types of political violence present in Spain throughout the first half of the last century.