Description
Unique - the only systematic study of the rewards of public office in Asia
Contains quantitative and qualitative information on seven countries - Australia, New Zealand, China, Japan, Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong
Comparative perspective provides a good understanding of the causes and consequences of reward systems
Experienced editors who have previously edited a book on the rewards of public office in Europe Rewards at the Top (Sage, 1994) £45.00
Table of Contents
Clay Wescott and Barbara Nunberg Foreword
Part I Top Level Rewards in Public Office: An Overview
1. Christopher Hood and Guy Peters with Grace Lee Introduction
2. Christopher Hood and Jostein Askim with John Burns, Kousaku Dairokuno, Bob Gregory, Pan-Suk Kim, Grace Lee, Akira Nakamura, Martin Painter, Guy Peters and Jon Quah Alike at the Summit?
Part II The Politics Behind the Numbers: Seven Cases
3. John Burns Rewarding Comrades at the Top in China
4. Martin Painter Rots, Perks and Fat Cats: Rewards for High Public Office in Australia
5. Robert Gregory New Zealand - the End of Egalitarianism?
6. Akira Nakamura and Kousaku Dairokuno Japan's Pattern of Rewards for High Public Office - A Cultural Perspective
7. Pan-Suk Kim The Politics of Rewards for High Public Office in Korea
8. Grace Lee Hong Kong: Institutional Inheritance from Colony to Special Administrative Region
9. Jon Quah Paying for the 'Best and Brightest': Rewards for High Public Office in Singapore
Part III Conclusion
10. Christopher Hood and Guy Peters Conclusions: The Top Pay Game and Good Governance - Where Immodest Theories Meet Slippery Facts
