Gender, Vulnerability Theory and Public Procurement: Perspectives on Global Reform

Author:   S.N. Nyeck
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781032442815


Pages:   186
Publication Date:   28 July 2023
Format:   Hardback
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Gender, Vulnerability Theory and Public Procurement: Perspectives on Global Reform


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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 is the first book to integrate vulnerability theory into public procurement studies in global and comparative perspectives, and it will appeal to scholars and others with interests in gendered dynamics in law and society, international development, public policy, and international political economy.

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Author:   S.N. Nyeck
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.526kg
ISBN:  

9781032442815


ISBN 10:   1032442816
Pages:   186
Publication Date:   28 July 2023
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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List of Contributors Acronyms Introduction S.N. NYECK 1 The Challenge of Knowing: Public Procurement Between Unilateral Knowledge Dissemination and Participatory Knowledge Creation E.K. SARTER 2 Law and Public Procurement in Kenya: A Human Vulnerability Analysis ATIENO MBOYA 3 Gender Justice in Public International Organizations’ Procurement Work: A Contrasted View EMILIE COMBAZ 4 Growth Pattern in Women-Owned Construction Companies as Evidence of Vulnerability ABIMBOLA WINDAPO 5 Contracted Vulnerability?: Job Quality, Service Quality, and Public Procurement of Services E.K. SARTER AND ORLY BENJAMIN 6 The Case for Gender-Responsive Public Procurement in Botswana EMMANUEL BOTLHALE 7 Gender-Responsiveness of Public Procurement and Tendering Policies in Kenya GEDION ONYANGO AND MARYGORETTY AKINYI OTIENO 8 Policy Perspectives on Engendering Public Procurement in Africa: The Case of Rwanda and South Africa ANGELITA KITHATU-KIWEKETE AND SHIKHA VYAS-DOORGAPERSAD 9 Vulnerability in Higher Education: The Case of Managerialism in Cleaning Services Procurement in Israel ORLY BENJAMIN 10 The Paradox of Equity in Public Procurement Policies: A Vulnerability Analysis of Jordan WA’ED ALSHOUBAKI Index

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S.N. Nyeck is Associate Professor of African Studies, Political Economy, Gender, and Queer Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder, USA, and Adjunct Professor at CriSHET Mandela University, South Africa.

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