Ruling the streets: the policing of protest and political violence in Madrid during the Second Republic, 1931-1936

The state has occupied a privileged space in most of the explanations regarding the origins of the political violence that disrupted the course of the Spanish Second Republic. Nevertheless, the generalised notion that the majority of deaths were the outcome of the repression of popular mobilisation...

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Autor: Vaquero Martínez, Sergio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
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Interwar Democracy
Police
Public Order
Social Mobilisation
Repression
Spanish Second Republic
Democracia de entreguerras
Segunda República española
Policía
Orden público
Movilización social
Represión
Historia contemporánea
55 Historia
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spelling Ruling the streets: the policing of protest and political violence in Madrid during the Second Republic, 1931-1936Gobernar las calles: control policial de la protesta y violencia política en Madrid durante la Segunda República, 1931-1936Vaquero Martínez, Sergio94(460).091Interwar DemocracyPolicePublic OrderSocial MobilisationRepressionSpanish Second RepublicDemocracia de entreguerrasSegunda República españolaPolicíaOrden públicoMovilización socialRepresiónHistoria contemporánea55 HistoriaThe state has occupied a privileged space in most of the explanations regarding the origins of the political violence that disrupted the course of the Spanish Second Republic. Nevertheless, the generalised notion that the majority of deaths were the outcome of the repression of popular mobilisation contrasts with the practical inexistence of studies devoted to the specific interactions between coercive forces and collective challengers. With the purpose of partially filling this gap, the following article analyses the policing of protest in the province of Madrid from 14 April 1931 to 17 July 1936. The research relies on a database of approximately 450 recorded events that has been constructed from a corpus of archival documentation from the Ministry of the Interior, contemporary newspapers and specialised monographs. This article argues that the mistakes, dysfunctions and collateral effects of the policing of social protests derived from the restoration of a lethal, military repertoire of coercion and, more indirectly, the invention of a civil, non-lethal style. The incoherent alternation of both repertoires followed politically motivated criteria and fostered an escalation of violence that increased the number of victims and obstructed the democratisation of the security apparatus.Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Universidad Complutense de Madrid20242024-02-0720242024-02-07journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/129430reponame:Docta Complutenseinstname:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)InglésengAgencia Estatal de Investigación http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100011033 Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2017-2020 PID2020-113986GB-I00 GOBERNABILIDAD, GOBERNANZA Y DEMOCRATIZACION. UN ANALISIS DESDE ABAJO DE LA RELACION ENTRE LOS PODERES PROVINCIALES Y LOCALES Y LA CIUDADANIA DURANTE LA PRIMERA MITAD DE 1936.Agencia Estatal de Investigación http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100011033 Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2021-2023 PID2021-124945NB-I00 POLICIA Y DEMOCRACIA EN LA TRANSICION ESPAÑOLAopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/1294302026-06-02T12:44:21Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Ruling the streets: the policing of protest and political violence in Madrid during the Second Republic, 1931-1936
Gobernar las calles: control policial de la protesta y violencia política en Madrid durante la Segunda República, 1931-1936
title Ruling the streets: the policing of protest and political violence in Madrid during the Second Republic, 1931-1936
spellingShingle Ruling the streets: the policing of protest and political violence in Madrid during the Second Republic, 1931-1936
Vaquero Martínez, Sergio
94(460).091
Interwar Democracy
Police
Public Order
Social Mobilisation
Repression
Spanish Second Republic
Democracia de entreguerras
Segunda República española
Policía
Orden público
Movilización social
Represión
Historia contemporánea
55 Historia
title_short Ruling the streets: the policing of protest and political violence in Madrid during the Second Republic, 1931-1936
title_full Ruling the streets: the policing of protest and political violence in Madrid during the Second Republic, 1931-1936
title_fullStr Ruling the streets: the policing of protest and political violence in Madrid during the Second Republic, 1931-1936
title_full_unstemmed Ruling the streets: the policing of protest and political violence in Madrid during the Second Republic, 1931-1936
title_sort Ruling the streets: the policing of protest and political violence in Madrid during the Second Republic, 1931-1936
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Vaquero Martínez, Sergio
author Vaquero Martínez, Sergio
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv 94(460).091
Interwar Democracy
Police
Public Order
Social Mobilisation
Repression
Spanish Second Republic
Democracia de entreguerras
Segunda República española
Policía
Orden público
Movilización social
Represión
Historia contemporánea
55 Historia
topic 94(460).091
Interwar Democracy
Police
Public Order
Social Mobilisation
Repression
Spanish Second Republic
Democracia de entreguerras
Segunda República española
Policía
Orden público
Movilización social
Represión
Historia contemporánea
55 Historia
description The state has occupied a privileged space in most of the explanations regarding the origins of the political violence that disrupted the course of the Spanish Second Republic. Nevertheless, the generalised notion that the majority of deaths were the outcome of the repression of popular mobilisation contrasts with the practical inexistence of studies devoted to the specific interactions between coercive forces and collective challengers. With the purpose of partially filling this gap, the following article analyses the policing of protest in the province of Madrid from 14 April 1931 to 17 July 1936. The research relies on a database of approximately 450 recorded events that has been constructed from a corpus of archival documentation from the Ministry of the Interior, contemporary newspapers and specialised monographs. This article argues that the mistakes, dysfunctions and collateral effects of the policing of social protests derived from the restoration of a lethal, military repertoire of coercion and, more indirectly, the invention of a civil, non-lethal style. The incoherent alternation of both repertoires followed politically motivated criteria and fostered an escalation of violence that increased the number of victims and obstructed the democratisation of the security apparatus.
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