LEADER 04209oam 2200745I 450 001 9910790392803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-68409-7 010 $a9786613661036 010 $a1-136-32308-2 010 $a0-203-12072-8 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203120729 035 $a(CKB)2670000000203413 035 $a(EBL)981854 035 $a(OCoLC)804662354 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000681748 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11406735 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000681748 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10678355 035 $a(PQKB)11577045 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC981854 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL981854 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10568510 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL366103 035 $a(OCoLC)796827267 035 $a(OCoLC)1086460199 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB135685 035 $a(PPN)198460449 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000203413 100 $a20180706d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu---unuuu 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aRewards for high public office in Europe and North America /$fedited by Marleen Brans and B. Guy Peters 210 1$aLondon :$cRoutledge,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (328 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge research in comparative politics ;$v49 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-74653-1 311 $a0-415-78105-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Rewards for High Public Office in Europe and North America; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Figures; Preface; Contributors; 1 Rewards for high public office: Continuing developments; 2 Rewards at the top: Cross-country comparisons across offices and over time; 3 Rewards at the top in UK central government; 4 RHPOs in Ireland: Ratcheting pay in the public sector; 5 Rewards for high public office in the United States; 6 Rewards for high public office in France: Still the century of privileges?; 7 Rewards for high public office: The case of Italy 327 $a8 Rewards for high public offices in Spain (1990-2009): Incremental changes following the pattern of the civil service9 Rewards at the top in Belgium: Uneasy struggles with transparency and variability in paying public office; 10 Rewards for high public office in the Netherlands; 11 Rewards for high public office: The case of Norway; 12 Rewards for high public office in Sweden; 13 Starting from scratch: Rewards for high public office in Estonia; 14 Rewards for high public offices in Hungary; 15 Bureaucracy and rewards in Romania 327 $a16 Into the labyrinth: The rewards for high public office in Slovakia17 Rewards at the top: The European Union; 18 Conclusion: Choosing public sector rewards; Appendix - Basic data on RHPO in 15 countries and the EU institutions; Index 330 $aAnyone observing the recent scandals in the United Kingdom could not fail to understand the political importance of the rewards of high public office. The British experience has been extreme but by no means unique, and many countries have experienced political over the pay and perquisites of public officials. This book addresses an important element of public governance, and does so in longitudinal and comparative manner. The approach enables the contributors to make a number of key statements not only about the development of political systems but also about the differences among th 410 0$aRoutledge research in comparative politics ;$v49. 606 $aPublic officers$xSalaries, etc 606 $aCivil service$xSalaries, etc 606 $aGovernment executives$xSalaries, etc 606 $aComparative government 615 0$aPublic officers$xSalaries, etc. 615 0$aCivil service$xSalaries, etc. 615 0$aGovernment executives$xSalaries, etc. 615 0$aComparative government. 676 $a331.2/166 701 $aBrans$b M$g(Marleen)$01173885 701 $aPeters$b B. Guy$050137 801 0$bFlBoTFG 801 1$bFlBoTFG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790392803321 996 $aRewards for high public office in Europe and North America$93848517 997 $aUNINA