What is this book about? -- Roots -- Status equality law and policy -- International and European procurement regulation -- Buying social justice? -- Contract compliance in the United States and Canada -- Set-asides in the United States and Canada -- Evolution of the government procurement agreement model and procurement linkages -- Procurement linkages and developing countries -- Procurement linkages and the 1980's reform of EC procurement regulation -- Domestic procurement linkages during the 1990s and the chilling effect of European procurement regulation -- Changing approaches to procurement linkages in the community and beyond -- Expansion of equality linkages in the member states -- Procurement linkages and the 2003 legislative reforms : a modus vivendi in sight? -- Interpreting the government procurement agreement -- EC public procurement law and equality linkages : foundations for interpretation -- European public procurement law and equality linkages : government as consumer, government as regulator -- Reconciling social and economic approaches to public procurement
Summary
'Buying Social Justice' analyses how governments in developed and developing countries use their contracting power in order to advance social equality and reduce discrimination, and argues that this approach is an entirely legitimate, and underused means of achieving social justice
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 619-660) and index
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