French Political Dynasties and the 1940 Enabling Act

This dataset supports replication of the article 'Political Dynasties in Defense of Democracy: The Case of France’s 1940 Enabling Act'. It contains the dataset, codes, and online appendix for the analysis. The author is Pierre-Guillaume Méon.

Use Cases

• Replicate the article's main Table using the provided dataset and codes.
• Replicate the online appendix analyses using the included codes.
• Analyze the relationship between political dynasties and voting behavior on the 1940 Enabling Act.
• Study the role of political dynasties in a historical democratic defense context.

Strengths

• Dataset is directly linked to a peer-reviewed academic article, providing clear context.
• Includes replication codes for both the main article and its online appendix, ensuring reproducibility.
• Last updated in February 2026, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• The specific dataset structure, including row count, column names, and file formats, is unknown.
• The dataset's scope is narrowly focused on a single historical event (France's 1940 Enabling Act).
• Data quality and completeness cannot be assessed without access to the dataset files.

Provenance

Source

Pierre-Guillaume Méon, via ICPSR Harvested Dataverse.

Collection Method

Created as a replication package for a specific academic article.

Time Range

Centered on the 1940 Enabling Act in France.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-02-23.

Geography

France.