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Subject(s)

• Government purchasing—Social aspects—Case studies [Browse]
• Social justice—Economic aspects—Case studies [Browse]
• Economic development—Social aspects—Case studies [Browse]

Editor

• Nyeck, S. N., 1977- [Browse]

Series

Gender in law, culture, and society [More in this series]

Summary note

"Taking up the concept of vulnerability, this book examines the gendered impact of market-based procurement practices. In recent years, ideological shifts and real managerial constraints have forced states everywhere to rely on private resources to solve public problems. Focusing on instances where the state retains ownership of assets and rights, even if it temporarily devolves its authority to a private entity (profit or non-profit), this book uncovers the ways in which these private actors are not just suppliers of materials goods, but increasingly policy influencers. More specifically, the book focuses on the gendered dynamics within the law, policy and practice of public procurement and investigates how vulnerability is conceptualized and coded in the process of public acquisition of works, goods, and services from private suppliers. In this book, a series of rich case studies from Africa, the Middle East and Europe show how vulnerability theory can inform the design of public institutions that are more responsible and responsive to gender-informed demands for social justice. This first book to integrate vulnerability theory into public procurement studies in global and comparative perspectives will appeal to scholars and others with interests in gendered dynamics in law and society, international development, public policy, and international political economy"-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Introduction / S. N. Nyeck
• The challenge of knowing : public procurement between unilateral knowledge dissemination and participatory knowledge creation / E.K. Sarter
• Law and public procurement in Kenya : a human vulnerability analysis / Atieno Mboya
• Gender justice in public international organizations' procurement work : a contrasted view / Emilie C. Combaz
• Growth pattern in women-owned construction companies as evidence of vulnerability / Abimbola Windapo
• Contracted vulnerability? : Job quality, service quality and public procurement of services / Katharina E. Sarter and Orly Benjamin
• The case of gender-responsive public procurement in Botswana / Emmanuel Botlhale
• Gender-responsiveness of public procurement and tendering policies in Kenya / Gedion Onyango and Marygoretty Akinyi Otieno
• Policy perspectives on engendering public procurement in Africa : the case of Rwanda and South Africa / Angelita Kitthatu-Kiwekete & Shikha Vyas-Doorgrapersad
• Vulnerability in higher education : the case of managerialism in cleaning services procurement in Israel / Orly Benjamin
• The paradox of equity in public policies : a vulnerability analysis of Jordan / Wa'ed Alshoubak.

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ISBN

• 9781032442815 (hardcover)
• 1032442816 (hardcover)
• 9781032443416 (paperback)
• 1032443413 (paperback)

LCCN

2023005716

OCLC

1370249679

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