Reward for High Public Office : Asian and Pacific Rim States (Paperback)

Clay Wescott and Barbara Nunberg ForewordPart I Top Level Rewards in Public Office: An Overview1. Christopher Hood and Guy Peters with Grace Lee Introduction2. 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 Cases3. John Burns Rewarding Comrades at the Top in China4. Martin Painter Rots, Perks and Fat Cats: Rewards for High Public Office in Australia5. 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 Perspective7. Pan-Suk Kim The Politics of Rewards for High Public Office in Korea8. Grace Lee Hong Kong: Institutional Inheritance from Colony to Special Administrative Region9. Jon Quah Paying for the 'Best and Brightest': Rewards for High Public Office in SingaporePart III Conclusion10. Christopher Hood and Guy Peters Conclusions: The Top Pay Game and Good Governance - Where Immodest Theories Meet Slippery Facts