Reward for High Public Office: Asian and Pacific Rim States (Routledge Research in Comparative Politics)

The 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 Consequences, Including Variations In The Levels Of Corruption And Economic Success. Reward For High Public Office Includes Case Studies Focusing On Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, New Zealand And Singapore. It Will Interest Students And Researchers Of Politics, Public Administration And Asian Studies. An Examination Of Rewards Of High Public Office In Seven Asian Political Systems Including Case Studies Focusing On Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, New Zealand And Singapore. Alike At The Summit? / Christopher Hood [and Others] -- Rewarding Comrades At The Top In China / John P. Burns -- Rorts, Perks And Fat Cats: Rewards For High Public Office In Australia / Martin Painter -- New Zealand-the End Of Egalitarianism? / Robert Gregory -- Japan's Pattern Of Rewards For High Public Office: A Cultural Perspective / Akira Nakamura And Kosaku Dairokuno -- The Politics Of Rewards For High Public Office In Korea / Pan-suk Kim -- Hong Kong-institutional Inheritance From Colony To Special Administrative Region / Grace O.m. Lee -- Paying For The 'best And The Brightest': Rewards For High Public Office In Singapore / Jon S.t. Quah -- The Top Pay Game And Good Governance-where Immodest Theories Meet Slippery Facts / Christopher Hood And B. Guy Peters. Edited By Christopher Hood And B. Guy Peters With Grace O.m. Lee. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. "The book starts from a careful comparative analysis of top public officeholders' rewards over two decades, then probes beyond the data to tell the political and institutional stories that lie behind the numbers. It shows that the level and structure of top-level rewards is better explained as a product of politics and history than of economic development. It shows that democracy and democratisation make a difference to patterns of top-level rewards - and vice versa. And in spite of received arguments in 'good governance' debates, it shows there is no simple relationship between top rewards and levels of corruption. Top-level rewards are a mirror of political life, raising fundamental issues for governance debates, and this book is important for students and observers of politics, public administration, and Asian studies."--Résumé de l'éditeur This book examines the rewards that go to those at the top of the state structures - in the political, bureaucratic and judicial domains - in seven Asian and Pacific-Rim societies, namely Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand and Singapore.