Buying Social Justice, 9780199232437
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Government spending can advance social justice, but how far is too far?

Buying Social Justice

equality, government procurement, & legal change

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    736 pages

  • Release Date

    13 September 2007

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Summary

Buying Social Justice: How Governments Can Drive Equality Through Procurement

Governments wield significant financial power through their procurement of goods and services. But how much should social policy influence these spending decisions?

“Buying Social Justice” explores the use of government contracting to advance social equality and reduce discrimination in developed and developing nations. It challenges arguments of inefficiency from economists and legal concerns abou…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780199232437
ISBN-10:0199232431
Author:Christopher McCrudden
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Imprint:Oxford University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:736
Release Date:13 September 2007
Weight:1.09kg
Dimensions:235mm x 160mm x 40mm
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Critics Review

… highly original and immensely rich … Drawing on international economic law, human rights doctrine, normative theory, and an astonishingly thorough analysis of relevant regional and domestic law, Professor McCrudden provides a rewarding treatment of the challenges associated with the transnational and comparative problems of regulating governmental contracting … by undertaking such a comprehensive and analytically sophisticated study, Professor McCrudden is helping to forge what will likely become a major new field at the intersection of international law, social policy, and governance … [he] has taken a major theoretical step in helping us understand the challenges and opportunities that will arise as international law grapples with the public problems posed by partially privatized nation states. Prof. Oren Gross, University of Minnesota Law School (ASIL Awards Committee Report)

About The Author

Christopher McCrudden

Christopher McCrudden is Professor of Human Rights Law and Fellow of Lincoln College, University of Oxford.

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