The International Institute of Agriculture: Spain and the “social question”, 1905-1923

Abstract

Iest prestigen the groups agrarianderived were context created.These from theirof thesupranationalearly formed 20 institutions th century,characternetworks across and ostensible state of experts borders technicaland to achieve inter-and scientific capacity.The objective of this article is to analyse the impact in Spain of the International Institute of Agriculture (IIA), from the year of its creation until the advent of the Primo de Rivera dictatorship, through the lens of the“social question”: a concept that popularized the proposals and disagreements surrounding labour regulation. The research draws from the latest contributions in transnational history and internationalism, recent secondary sources about the IIA and primary sources that reflect how transnational IIA networks worked in and with Spain to address agricultural labour issues.The article concludes that the intensely transnational connections between agrarian elites, owners and technicians in the early 20th century transformed social relations in agriculture and agrarian public policies in Spain.