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Paying our high public officials : evaluating the moral justifications of top wages in the public sector / Teun J. Dekker.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dekker, Teun, 1980- author.
- Series:
- Routledge Research in Public Administration and Public Policy
- Routledge research in public administration and public policy ; 5
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public officers.
- United States--Officials and employees--Salaries, etc.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (231 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-135-13126-0
- 1-283-97269-7
- 0-203-07737-7
- 1-135-13127-9
- 9780203077375
- OCLC:
- 827208942
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