The Political History of the first half of the Portuguese "New State": From the Constitutional Authoritarianism to the Dictatorship.

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K16986
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Politics
• Research Institution: Kwansei Gakuin University (2016-2017); Tokai University (2015)
• Principal Investigator: MUTO Sho 関西学院大学, 法学部, 准教授 (40508363)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: ポルトガル政治史 / サラザール体制 / 権威主義体制

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research has clarified the political dynamics of the first half era of the Salazar regime (the “New State”) (1932-74), with the demonstrative method of the study of the political history. Differing from the other non-democratic regimes in the Europe in same period, the Salazar regime had the President of the Republic (the Head of the State) as the significant existence (while the virtual ruling power belonged to the Prime Minister, Salazar).
In this research I’ve defined the Salazar regime as the “Constitutional Dictatorship” and clarified its political dynamics, focusing the presidential elections. This research is based on the widely reading the primary document in the Portugal and treats the political history of the first era of the Salazar regime. In this point, this maybe the pioneering research not only in Japan, but also in the world.

Free Research Field

政治学