Rewards at the Top
A Comparative Study of High Public Office
1st Edition
Published on 24. February 1994
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-0-8039-7742-6 (ISBN)
Description
This volume examines how those at the top in public life are rewarded. Contributors look at contemporary experience in Europe and the United States and examine: How much public officials are paid in different countries; who decides their reward and how they decide; how reward structures interact with career patterns; and how variations are to be explained.
Rewards at the Top provides a thorough and comprehensive analysis of this important topic and makes fascinating reading.
Rewards at the Top provides a thorough and comprehensive analysis of this important topic and makes fascinating reading.
Reviews / Votes
`Excellent reading for anyone with an interest in the structuring of high public office' - International Review of Administrative Sciences`This book is the outcome of ECPR collaboration and in many ways reflects the best in comparative research - a little-studied subject studied from a number of national and cultural perspectives with interesting academic and political outcomes' - Crime, Law and Social Change
`The authors strike an engaging and debated vein with their new publication. This 13-chapter anthology deals with how the layers of public life are rewarded. The most advantageous approach for a study of this kind is a comparative study, and the authors have made an effort, both in depth and width, to create a volume which goes beyond the mere essays.... this publication has all the prerequisites for briskly attracting a broad readership and will add firepower to the debate about how much is (too) much' - Political Studies
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
438 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8039-7742-6 (9780803977426)
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Persons
B. Guy Peters is Maurice Falk Professor of American Government at the University of Pittsburgh. He has written extensively in the areas of public administration and public policy, both for the United States and comparatively. Among his recent publications are the Handbook of Public Administration and The Quest for Control: Politicization of the Public Service.
Content
PART ONE: THE RHPO PROBLEM
Understanding RHPOs - Christopher Hood and B Guy Peters
Mountain Tops or Iceberg Tips? - Christopher Hood and Sonia Lambert with associate authors
Some Comparative Data on RHPOs
PART TWO: LOOKING AFTER NUMBER ONE?
The UK - Christopher Hood
Denmark - J[sl]orgen Gr[sl]onnegaard Christensen
Institutional Constraint and the Advancement of Individual Self-Interest in HPO
PART THREE: TRANSPARENCY AND THE CUMUL DES MANDATES
France - Luc Rouban
Political Argument and Institutional Change
Belguim - Marleen Brans
Public Office and Private Rewards
PART FOUR:GOING AGAINST THE CULTURAL GRAIN
Sweden - Maivor Sj[um]olund
Norway PART FIVE - Per Laegreid
SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS, VARYING OUTCOMES
The United States - Desmond King and B Guy Peters
Germany - Hans-Ulrich Derlien
The Structure and Dynamics of the Reward System for Bureaucratic and Political Elites
Switzerland - Ulrich Kl[um]oti
Serving the State and Maximizing Income
PART SIX: BEYOND THE NATIONAL LEVEL
Paying the Top People In Europe - Edward C Page and Linda Wouters
PART SEVEN: RHPO IN PERSPECTIVE
Conclusion - B Guy Peters and Christopher Hood
What Have We Learned?
Understanding RHPOs - Christopher Hood and B Guy Peters
Mountain Tops or Iceberg Tips? - Christopher Hood and Sonia Lambert with associate authors
Some Comparative Data on RHPOs
PART TWO: LOOKING AFTER NUMBER ONE?
The UK - Christopher Hood
Denmark - J[sl]orgen Gr[sl]onnegaard Christensen
Institutional Constraint and the Advancement of Individual Self-Interest in HPO
PART THREE: TRANSPARENCY AND THE CUMUL DES MANDATES
France - Luc Rouban
Political Argument and Institutional Change
Belguim - Marleen Brans
Public Office and Private Rewards
PART FOUR:GOING AGAINST THE CULTURAL GRAIN
Sweden - Maivor Sj[um]olund
Norway PART FIVE - Per Laegreid
SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS, VARYING OUTCOMES
The United States - Desmond King and B Guy Peters
Germany - Hans-Ulrich Derlien
The Structure and Dynamics of the Reward System for Bureaucratic and Political Elites
Switzerland - Ulrich Kl[um]oti
Serving the State and Maximizing Income
PART SIX: BEYOND THE NATIONAL LEVEL
Paying the Top People In Europe - Edward C Page and Linda Wouters
PART SEVEN: RHPO IN PERSPECTIVE
Conclusion - B Guy Peters and Christopher Hood
What Have We Learned?