From Logroño to La Rioja: the political evolution of a region that achieved autonomy

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https://doi.org/10.31637/epsir-2024-1006

Keywords:

La Rioja, Autonomy, Constitution, Spain, Democracy, Politics, Elections, Process

Abstract

Introduction: With the arrival of the 1978 Constitution and the autonomous debate, the Province of Logroño was called to integrate into another Autonomous Community, without giving it the option of claiming autonomy. However, the impulse of society, supported by the political parties that were being formed, as well as by the press and other entities, managed to achieve the desired autonomy, recognized by the Spanish Cortes in 1982 after years of demands and identity demonstrations. Methodology: The methodology to follow will be the analysis of the electoral results and that of the regional press in these years of the autonomous process, a key factor in the achievement of autonomy, especially the newspaper Nueva Rioja, trying to understand the importance of the press in this process. In addition, the political and voting evolution in the parties that defended autonomy and the application of regional norms and the creation of regional institutions will be integrated. Results: The main results obtained in this research demonstrate the importance of the popular movement and the role of the press in the Riojan autonomous process, in which, in less than five years, a secondary region practically marginalized from political debate became at the center of an issue that was resolved in the most favorable way for its citizens, with the consequent economic and social development and self-government that they sought. Discussions: The general elections of 1977, 1979 and 1982 will elucidate a hitherto unknown political panorama, in which the party system will evolve towards a two-party system typical of democratic Europe. Conclusions: The achievement of Rioja autonomy was the result of the confluence of numerous factors developed over several years: popular and associative demands, support from the press and media, local and regional institutional support, the agreement of political parties at the regional level, etc.

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Author Biographies

Diego Moreno Galilea, Instituto de Estudios Riojanos

He holds a PhD in Humanities and a Master's Degree in Secondary Education from the University of La Rioja. He is an Associate Researcher at the Institute of Studies of La Rioja and carries out his research work as a historian in the field of regional politics in La Rioja and women's participation in it. He has participated in numerous academic conferences and seminars. He collaborates with several regional magazines, such as Belezos and Berceo. She also directs the magazine El Amanuense, published by the Asociación Cultural para la Historia de Albelda de Iregua (ACHA) and is a regular columnist for El Día de La Rioja with her section Mi chiqüita riojana. She has published several books, such as Calle 8 de Marzo. Las mujeres en el callejero logroñés or Hitos patrimoniales de Albelda de Iregua.

Diego Iturriaga Barco, University of La Rioja

Degree in Humanities from the University of La Rioja (UR), where he also holds a PhD in Human and Social Sciences since 2013, and a Master's Degree in Cultural Management from the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya since 2014. Since 2007 he has alternated his teaching work between the International University of La Rioja (UNIR) and the UR. It is also worth mentioning that in 2008 he founded Editorial Siníndice based in La Rioja, work also carried out in the Madrid publishing house Ediciones Endymion since 2012. Between September 2019 and 2023 he temporarily left his job when he was appointed Director General of Culture of the Government of La Rioja and Manager of the Institute of Rioja Studies and deputy in the Parliament of La Rioja. He currently combines teaching and research between UNIR and UR.

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Published

2024-10-25

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Moreno Galilea, D., & Iturriaga Barco, D. (2024). From Logroño to La Rioja: the political evolution of a region that achieved autonomy. European Public & Social Innovation Review, 9, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.31637/epsir-2024-1006

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Vol. 9 (2024)

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INNOVATING IN PUBLIC INPUTS FOR PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION: JOURNALISTIC AND POLITICAL

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