French Parliamentary Voting Data on 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 codes and data to replicate the article's table and online appendix. The author is Pierre-Guillaume Méon.

Use Cases

• Analyze voting behavior patterns among French parliamentarians on the 1940 Enabling Act.
• Investigate the relationship between political dynasties and legislative decisions using the provided data.
• Replicate the statistical analysis and findings presented in the associated academic article.

Strengths

• Dataset is directly linked to a peer-reviewed academic article, providing research context.
• Includes replication codes for both the main article table and the online appendix.

Limitations

• The specific variables, row count, and data structure are not described in the input.
• The dataset's scope is narrowly focused on a single historical legislative act.

Provenance

Source

Pierre-Guillaume Méon via ICPSR Harvested Dataverse.

Collection Method

Created as a replication package for an academic article.

Time Range

Centered on the 1940 Enabling Act vote.

Freshness

Last updated on 2026-02-23.

Geography

France.