Paying our high public officials : evaluating the moral justifications of top wages in the public sector / / Teun J. Dekker
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| Autore: |
Dekker Teun <1980-, >
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| Titolo: |
Paying our high public officials : evaluating the moral justifications of top wages in the public sector / / Teun J. Dekker
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| Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (231 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 331.2/8135230973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Public officers |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Officials and employees Salaries, etc |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Front Cover; Paying Our High Public Officials; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; 1. The Problem of High Public Officials' Remuneration; 2. Analytical Discourse Evaluation: A Manifesto; 3. The It's Taxpayers' Money Argument; 4. The Compensating Benefits and Broad Comparability Argument; 5. The Motivation Selection Argument; 6. The Live Like Common People Argument; 7. The Example Argument; 8. The Optimal Performance Argument; 9. The Corruption Argument; 10. Conclusion: Three Questions, Two Visions; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | In almost every liberal democratic society, an issue that is a topic of constant and passionate public discussion is how much that country's ministers, legislators, senior civil servants, and senior judges should be paid. Nor is this surprising; the issue has considerable voyeuristic appeal, particular democratic significance, and important ramifications for the functioning of the public sector as a whole. However, like most political debates, these discussions tend to be messy, fragmented, and full of unverified assertions and spurious appeals to populist sentiment. It is hardly surprising |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Paying our high public officials |
| ISBN: | 1-283-97269-7 |
| 0-203-07737-7 | |
| 1-135-13127-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910462678303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Routledge Research in Public Administration and Public Policy