Replication Data for \"The Political Behavior of Defense Ministers: A Study of Portugal, 1976-2015\"

Defense ministers have not received the scholarly attention commensurate with the resources they command in national executives. This paper develops and tests propositions regarding the behavior of different types of defense ministers (military, pure experts, partisan experts, and purely partisan). Blending organizational theory and military psychology, our analysis investigates ministerial turnover in defense portfolios and relations with the legislature and the branches of the armed forces. Propositions are tested using a combination of original and secondary data on Portugal (1976-2015), an ideal case for this study. Our findings indicate that military ministers from the army are associated with a higher army budget and larger land force, less accountability vis-à-vis the legislature, and a longer tenure in office. Experts, overall, are associated with a higher-quality army and a lower tenure in office, with mixed results for parliamentary accountability, depending on the type of the expert. These results have significant implications for the study of defense policy, civil-military relations, and cabinet politics, particularly in consolidating democracies featuring a relatively high share of either military officers or experts heading the defense ministry.国防部长（Defense Ministers）并未获得与其在国家行政体系中所掌控的资源相称的学术关注。本文针对四类不同类型的国防部长——军人出身型、纯专家型、党派专家型与纯党派型——的行为提出并检验相关命题。本文融合组织理论（Organizational Theory）与军事心理学（Military Psychology），分析国防部长的职务更替情况，以及其与立法机构（Legislature）和武装部队（Armed Forces）各分支的互动关系。本文以葡萄牙1976年至2015年的一手数据（Original Data）与二手数据（Secondary Data）相结合开展命题检验，该时段为本研究的理想案例。研究结果显示，陆军出身的军人国防部长与更高的陆军预算（Army Budget）、更庞大的陆军部队规模、对立法机构更低的问责度以及更长的任职时长相关联。总体而言，专家型国防部长与更高质量的陆军部队以及更短的任职时长相关联，而其在议会问责（Parliamentary Accountability）层面的结果存在分歧，具体取决于专家的类型。上述研究结果对国防政策、军民关系（Civil-Military Relations）以及内阁政治（Cabinet Politics）的研究具有重要意义，尤其在那些军官或专家担任国防部长的比例相对较高的民主巩固国家中，这一意义更为突出。