At the Age of Expertise: Training and Qualification of Civil Servant’s during the Second World War period

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https://doi.org/10.5007/1984-9222.2019.e66821

Abstract

This article analyzes the project and discourse of institutionalization of the career of technical civil servants, proposed by the Administrative Department of the Public Service (DASP), between 1938 and 1945. DASP sought to create a body of highly qualified administrative employees and opened public competitions in Brazilian civil service. Therefore, we seek to understand how the discourse of merit, expertise and efficiency shaped the new civil service and servant’s qualification in the New State’s regime. This article also seeks to understand how DASP has positioned itself in the Second World War period, being part of a government project of alignment with the United States during the conflict.

Author Biography

Fernanda Lima Rabelo, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Fluminense

Professora e pesquisadora na área de História Contemporânea do Instituto Federal de Educacao, Ciência e Tecnologia Fluminense. Desde 2017 é Visiting Research Fellow no Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies Department na University College Cork, Irlanda.

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2019-12-17

How to Cite

RABELO, Fernanda Lima. At the Age of Expertise: Training and Qualification of Civil Servant’s during the Second World War period. Revista Mundos do Trabalho, Florianópolis, v. 11, p. 1–21, 2019. DOI: 10.5007/1984-9222.2019.e66821. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/mundosdotrabalho/article/view/1984-9222.2019.e66821. Acesso em: 13 feb. 2026.

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Vol. 11 (2019)

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Dossiê 2019.1 - "Trabalhadores e Segunda Guerra Mundial"

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