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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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
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?
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Zusammenfassung
This comparative study of contemporary experience in European and American high public office provides a comprehensive analysis of: salary differentials; the interaction between levels of reward and career patterns; and the cause of variations between countries.
