Región leonesa o la reivindicación de la «España vacía»?Una discusión urgente acerca del Lexit

  1. Otero Varela, Alejandro 1
  2. Trillo Santamaría, Juan M. 1
  3. Vila Lage, Roberto 1
  1. 1 Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
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    Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

    Santiago de Compostela, España

    ROR https://ror.org/030eybx10

Book:
Espacios rurales y retos demográficos: una mirada desde los territorios de la despoblación: ColoRural 2020, III Coloquio Internacional de Geografía Rural

Publisher: Grupo de Didáctica de la Geografía (AGE) ; Asociación Española de Geografía

ISBN: 978-84-947787-6-6

Year of publication: 2020

Pages: 337-352

Type: Book chapter

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Abstract

From late 2019 to early 2020, several municipalities belonging to the provinces of León, Salamanca and Zamora approved a motion calling for autonomy (Lexit). In most cases, the Unión del Pueblo Leonés (Union of the León People) defended the motion. The fact that the León municipal government was the first to support it explained the strong media impact of this vindication. This work proposes to analyze the arguments raised by the actors involved to find out if they refer to the factors explaining the España vacía («Empty Spain»). In order to do this, semi-structured interviews have been conducted. The intention of this contribution is not to examine the potential viability of the secession process, but to reflect on the arguments that emerges in the discourses related to rural geography.

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