1st Edition
Public Procurement and the Welfare State Public Purchasing Between Technical Tool and Socio-Political Practice
By E.K. Sarter
Copyright 2027
176 Pages
by
Routledge
Advancing a new social science-based approach to the welfare state, this book puts forward a systematic understanding of public procurement that brings together perspectives from legal, public administration, sociological, and policy studies.
Public Procurement and the Welfare State offers fresh insight into an important, complex, and interconnected activity of the welfare state and... Read more
Introduction; 1. Public Procurement as a technical tool; 2. Public Procurement as a Social and Political Act; 3. Public Procurement as a Regulatory Tool; 4. Public Procurement as a Negotiation Space; 5. Approaching a holistic perspective on public procurement
Biography
E.K. Sarter is Assistant Professor at the Institute for Employment Research, University of Warwick, UK.
