Against the profit motive : the salary revolution in American government, 1780-1940 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Parrillo, Nicholas R.
Corporate Author:	ebrary, Inc
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New Haven : Yale University Press, 2013.
Series:	Yale Law Library series in legal history and reference.
Subjects:	United States > Officials and employees > Salaries, etc. > History. Fees, Administrative > United States > History. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

The old regime : lawful bargaining for public services
Bargaining outlawed
A regulatory nightmare : salaries as a remedy for corrupt exchange and official lucre
A government capable of saying "no" : salaries as a reaction against customer service
State and local taxation : the tax ferrets
Federal taxation : the moiety men
Criminal prosecution : cash for convictions
Incarceration : jailors' fees and penitentiary profits
Naval warfare : prize money and blood money
Epilogue : American state-building and the critique of bureaucracy.