{"product_id":"dictatorship-and-the-electoral-vote-carlos-domper-lasus-9781845199876","title":"Dictatorship and the Electoral Vote: Francoism and the Portuguese New State Regime in Comparative Perspective, 1945-1975","description":"Why do dictatorships have elections? Dictatorship and the Electoral Vote analyses the role of elections in two dictatorships that were born in the Era of Fascism but survived up to the 1970s: the Portuguese New State and Francoism. A comparative study of the electoral vote held by both dictatorships is revealing at many organizational and structural levels. The multiple political interactions involved in elections worldwide have been subject to social science scrutiny but rarely encompass historical context. The analysis of the electoral vote held by Iberian dictatorships is uniquely placed to link the two. The issues to hand include: drawing of electoral rolls; evolution of the number of people allowed to vote; candidate selection processes; propaganda methods; impact on the institutional structure of the regime; the socio-political biographies of the candidates; the electoral turnout and final tally; relationship between the central and peripheral authorities of the state; and\u003cbr\u003ethe viewpoint of reg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carlos Domper Lasus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1845199871\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781845199876\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liverpool University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/02\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 5.90w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCarlos Domper Lasus is a European PhD scholar in Political History from the Libera Universita Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli (Rome). In 2018 he received Best 2017 Young Researcher Award from the Spanish Association for Contemporary History. His research endeavours have taken him to the Universite de Bourgogne); the Central European University, Budapest; the IMT School for Advanced Studies, Lucca; Universidad Complutense, Madrid; the University of California, San Diego; and the Instituto de Ciencias Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Carlos Domper Lasus","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44125460594943,"sku":"9781845199876","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_edc4d3e1-1063-45ef-bb47-7891dccf2c5a.jpg?v=1687442754","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dictatorship-and-the-electoral-vote-carlos-domper-lasus-9781845199876","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}