Against the profit motive : : the salary revolution in American government, 1780-1940 / / Nicholas R. Parrillo.
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| Place / Publishing House: | New Haven : : Yale University Press,, 2013. |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Yale Law Library series in legal history and reference
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (581 pages) :; illustrations. |
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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.