LEADER 03751oam 2200733I 450 001 9910450953203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-138-37665-5 010 $a0-203-33072-2 010 $a1-134-41185-5 010 $a1-280-07032-3 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203330722 035 $a(CKB)1000000000253374 035 $a(EBL)171453 035 $a(OCoLC)437079092 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000308418 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11247643 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000308418 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10251770 035 $a(PQKB)10868902 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC171453 035 $a(PPN)198452306 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL171453 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10099709 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL7032 035 $a(OCoLC)958102807 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000253374 100 $a20180331d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aReward for high public office $eAsian and Pacific-rim states /$fedited by Christopher Hood and B. Guy Peters, with Grace O.M. Lee 210 1$aLondon :$cRoutledge,$d2003. 215 $a1 online resource (213 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge research in comparative politics ;$v3 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-203-29743-1 311 $a0-415-30349-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Reward for High Public Office: Asian and Pacific-Rim states; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Part I Rewards for high public office: An overview; 1 Introduction; 2 Alike at the summit?; Part II The politics behind the numbers: Seven cases; 3 Rewarding comrades at the top in China; 4 Rorts, perks and fat cats: Rewards for high public office in Australia; 5 New Zealand - the end of egalitarianism?; 6 Japan's pattern of rewards for high public office: A cultural perspective; 7 The politics of rewards for high public office in Korea 327 $a8 Hong Kong - institutional inheritance from colony to special administrative region9 Paying for the 'best and brightest': Rewards for high public office in Singapore; Part III Conclusions; 10 The top pay game and good governance - where immodest theories meet slippery facts; References; Index 330 $aThe choices made by governments about how to reward their top employees reveal a great deal about their values and their assumptions about governing. This book examines rewards of high public office in seven Asian political systems, a particularly rich set of cases for exploring the causes and consequences of the rewards of high public office, having some of the most generous and most meagre reward packages in the world.There are a range of economic, political and cultural explanations for the rewards provided by governments. Likewise, these choices are assumed to have a number of conseque 410 0$aRoutledge research in comparative politics ;$v3. 606 $aPerformance awards$zPacific Area 606 $aPublic officers$xSalaries, etc$zPacific Area 606 $aGovernment executives$xSalaries, etc$zPacific Area 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPerformance awards 615 0$aPublic officers$xSalaries, etc. 615 0$aGovernment executives$xSalaries, etc. 676 $a331.28135263091823 676 $a352.63095 701 $aHood$b Christopher$f1947-$0291901 701 $aPeters$b B. Guy$050137 701 $aLee$b Grace O. M$01039591 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910450953203321 996 $aReward for high public office$92461909 997 $aUNINA