Buying Social Justice
Subtitle: Equality, Government Procurement & Legal Change
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; Oxford University Press
Published: October 5, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780199232437
Subjects: Equal opportunities; POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; Purchasing & supply management; Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice; Civil Rights; Law / Civil Rights; Law; Legal Reference / Law Profession; Government purchasing; Law and legislation; Political aspects; Public contracts; Social justice
Description: '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.