To be or not to be a politician: profile and governmental career of portuguese junior ministers

This paper analyses the socio-political profile and the governmental career of the junior ministers who held office in Portugal between 1976 and 2011, putting the focus on the differentiation between individuals with and without prior political experience. Contrary to what is indicated in the litera...

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dialnet-ar-18-ART00015833472023-03-08To be or not to be a politician: profile and governmental career of portuguese junior ministersSilveira, PedroElitespolitical elitespolitical recruitmentgovernmental careerjunior ministersgovernmentPortuguese democracyélitesélites políticasreclutamiento políticocarrera gubernamentalsecretarios de Estadogobiernodemocracia portuguesaThis paper analyses the socio-political profile and the governmental career of the junior ministers who held office in Portugal between 1976 and 2011, putting the focus on the differentiation between individuals with and without prior political experience. Contrary to what is indicated in the literature, the results of this investigation reveal that most of these individuals are politically inexperienced and have a short and occasional governmental career. There are, however, important differences if we consider their political background, which confirms the relevance of the distinction between political and nonpolitical junior ministerEste artículo analiza el perfil sociopolítico y la carrera gubernamental de los secretarios de Estado que asumieron el cargo en Portugal entre 1976 y 2011, poniendo el foco en la diferenciación entre los individuos con y sin experiencia política previa. Contrariamente a lo que se indica en la literatura, los resultados de esta investigación revelan que la mayoría de estos individuos es políticamente inexperta y tiene carrera gubernamental breve y ocasional. Sin embargo, existen diferencias importantes si tenemos en cuenta los antecedentes políticos, lo que confirma la importancia de la distinción entre secretarios de Estado políticos y no políticos.2016text (article)application/pdfhttps://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=5407001(Revista) ISSN 1575-6548Revista española de ciencia política, ISSN 1575-6548, Nº 40, 2016, pags. 13-38engLICENCIA DE USO: Los documentos a texto completo incluidos en Dialnet son de acceso libre y propiedad de sus autores y/o editores. Por tanto, cualquier acto de reproducción, distribución, comunicación pública y/o transformación total o parcial requiere el consentimiento expreso y escrito de aquéllos. Cualquier enlace al texto completo de estos documentos deberá hacerse a través de la URL oficial de éstos en Dialnet. Más información: https://dialnet.unirioja.es/info/derechosOAI | INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS STATEMENT: Full text documents hosted by Dialnet are protected by copyright and/or related rights. This digital object is accessible without charge, but its use is subject to the licensing conditions set by its authors or editors. Unless expressly stated otherwise in the licensing conditions, you are free to linking, browsing, printing and making a copy for your own personal purposes. All other acts of reproduction and communication to the public are subject to the licensing conditions expressed by editors and authors and require consent from them. Any link to this document should be made using its official URL in Dialnet. More info: https://dialnet.unirioja.es/info/derechosOAI
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Silveira, Pedro
To be or not to be a politician: profile and governmental career of portuguese junior ministers
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This paper analyses the socio-political profile and the governmental career of the junior ministers who held office in Portugal between 1976 and 2011, putting the focus on the differentiation between individuals with and without prior political experience. Contrary to what is indicated in the literature, the results of this investigation reveal that most of these individuals are politically inexperienced and have a short and occasional governmental career. There are, however, important differences if we consider their political background, which confirms the relevance of the distinction between political and nonpolitical junior minister
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To be or not to be a politician: profile and governmental career of portuguese junior ministers
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