How Successful Were the Reforms of the Second Republic Between 1931-1933?

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How successful were the reforms of the second republic between 1931-1933? The coalition governments that ran Spain between 1931-1933 were center-left socialists. These governments enthusiastically implemented social, military, economic reforms such as separating church and state, granting autonomy to the Catalans, and solving agrarian problems regarding land distribution. There are many arguments for why the reforms might have been seen as successful but as I will highlight below these arguments are very limited and are overweighed by failures within the reforms. One of the most significant reforms passed by the second republic was in relation to growing regionalist movement in the Spanish northeast area of Catalonia. This reform aimed to solve the problems of Catalonia wanted autonomy. The reform gave Catalonia, Basques and Asturias the power to govern their own region and also giving them independence in domestic affairs. However the most significant reform was the Catalonia Statute in 1931, which gave the Catalonians a parliament in Barcelona. This Reform was seen as significant to the Catalonian people, however it could be seen as a false sense of power, as they still had no power in foreign policy and international affairs, they only had a right to interfere in minor issues within their region. This reform could have also been seen as limited as it caused other problems in Spain, as other Spanish nations would have felt ignored which increased the amount of nationalists. Another point that could be argued was that there was still heavy taxation on Catalonia and the Basques region in Spain, in peoples opinions the reform didn’t have any successes it generally just caused a false sense of power for Catalonia, this caused undue hatred from the rest of Spain towards Catalonia due to its separatist attitude. This therefore confirms the point that the successes
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