McCrudden, Christopher <br/><br/>
Buying social justice :  equality, government procurement, and legal change / 
Christopher McCrudden 
 - Oxford:  Oxford University Press,  2007 
 - li, 680 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 619-660) and index 
<br/><br/>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 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780199232420  RM643.84 9780199232437 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007-020812 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Government purchasing--Law and legislation--Political aspects<br/>Public contracts--Political aspects<br/>Social justice<br/>Social policy