Portuguese Ministers, 1851-1999: Social Background and Paths to Power

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Main Author: Almeida, Pedro Tavares de
Publication Date: 2003
Other Authors: Pinto, António Costa
Language: eng
Source: Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)
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Summary: Disponível em: http://193.136.113.6/Opac/Pages/Search/Results.aspx?SearchText=UID=bb8aa8d5-c6b6-466a-81bb-fe8a67693cee&DataBase=10449_UNLFCSH
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spelling Portuguese Ministers, 1851-1999: Social Background and Paths to PowerElitesGovernmentMinistersPolitical RegimesPortugalDisponível em: http://193.136.113.6/Opac/Pages/Search/Results.aspx?SearchText=UID=bb8aa8d5-c6b6-466a-81bb-fe8a67693cee&DataBase=10449_UNLFCSHThis paper provides an empirical analysis of the impact of regime changes in the composition and patterns of recruitment of the Portuguese ministerial elite throughout the last 150 years. The ‘out-of-type’, violent nature of most regime transformations accounts for the purges in and the extensive replacements of the political personnel, namely of the uppermost officeholders. In the case of Cabinet members, such discontinuities did not imply, however, radical changes in their social profile. Although there were some significant variations, a series of salient characteristics have persisted over time. The typical Portuguese minister is a male in his midforties, of middle-class origin and predominantly urban-born, highly educated and with a state servant background. The two main occupational contingents have been university professors - except for the First Republic (1910-26) - and the military, the latter having only recently been eclipsed with the consolidation of contemporary democracy. As regards career pathways, the most striking feature is the secular trend for the declining role of parliamentary experience, which the democratic regime did not clearly reverse. In this period, a technocratic background rather than political experience has been indeed the privileged credential for a significant proportion of ministersCentre for European Studies, Harvard UniversityRUNAlmeida, Pedro Tavares dePinto, António Costa2014-04-02T08:26:58Z20032003-01-01T00:00:00Zconference objectinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/11878enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)instname:FCCN, serviços digitais da FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologiainstacron:RCAAP2024-05-22T17:15:52Zoai:run.unl.pt:10362/11878Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireinfo@rcaap.ptopendoar:https://opendoar.ac.uk/repository/71602025-05-28T16:47:00.057180Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP) - FCCN, serviços digitais da FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologiafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Portuguese Ministers, 1851-1999: Social Background and Paths to Power
title Portuguese Ministers, 1851-1999: Social Background and Paths to Power
spellingShingle Portuguese Ministers, 1851-1999: Social Background and Paths to Power
Almeida, Pedro Tavares de
Elites
Government
Ministers
Political Regimes
Portugal
title_short Portuguese Ministers, 1851-1999: Social Background and Paths to Power
title_full Portuguese Ministers, 1851-1999: Social Background and Paths to Power
title_fullStr Portuguese Ministers, 1851-1999: Social Background and Paths to Power
title_full_unstemmed Portuguese Ministers, 1851-1999: Social Background and Paths to Power
title_sort Portuguese Ministers, 1851-1999: Social Background and Paths to Power
author Almeida, Pedro Tavares de
author_facet Almeida, Pedro Tavares de
Pinto, António Costa
author_role author
author2 Pinto, António Costa
author2_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv RUN
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Almeida, Pedro Tavares de
Pinto, António Costa
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Elites
Government
Ministers
Political Regimes
Portugal
topic Elites
Government
Ministers
Political Regimes
Portugal
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