%0 Journal Article %T En busca del m¨¦rito: la discusi¨®n acad¨¦mica en torno a los empleados p¨²blicos en Chile, 1884-1920 = In search for the merit: the academic discussion about the public employees in Chile, 1884-1920 %A Traverso %A Diego Barr¨ªa %J Estudos Ibero Americanos %D 2009 %I Editora da Pontif¨ªcia Universidade Cat¨®lica do Rio Grande do Sul (EDIPUCRS) %X De 1884 a 1920, a acusa o de patronagem pol¨ªtica para os funcion¨¢rios p¨²blicos constituiu tema central na discuss o pol¨ªtica, no Chile. O mundo acad¨ºmico tamb¨¦m se dedicou ao assunto, e tentou apresentar solu es para este mal. Este artigo se prop e a estudar as tentativas acad¨ºmicas para dar uma resposta ¨¤s perguntas sobre que tipo de funcion¨¢rios deveria entrar na administra o p¨²blica, como deveriam ser seleccionados e como fariam carreira, no seu trabalho. Since 1884, and until to 1920, the political patronage in public employee¡¯s appointments was a main issue in Chilean political discussions. Not only politicians, but also the academia had focused in this topic, and had tried to present some solutions in order to correct the patronage evil. This paper studies a number of academic proposals in order to response questions such as: which kind of employees must have to be appointed in public administration, how select them, and how let them to develop careers in their jobs. %K CHILE - HIST¨®RIA POL¨ªTICA %U http://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/iberoamericana/article/viewFile/5754/5095