Gender, Vulnerability Theory and Public Procurement

Perspectives on Global Reform

S.N. Nyeck

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9781032442815
• eBook ISBN: 9781000915976
• Topic: Law
• Subtopic: Operations
• Index: Law

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.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-Title
• Series
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of Contributors
• Acronyms
• Introduction
• 1 The Challenge of Knowing: Public Procurement Between Unilateral Knowledge Dissemination and Participatory Knowledge Creation
• 2 Law and Public Procurement in Kenya: A Human Vulnerability Analysis
• 3 Gender Justice in Public International Organizations’ Procurement Work: A Contrasted View
• 4 Growth Pattern in Women-Owned Construction Companies as Evidence of Vulnerability
• 5 Contracted Vulnerability?: Job Quality, Service Quality, and Public Procurement of Services
• 6 The Case for Gender-Responsive Public Procurement in Botswana
• 7 Gender-Responsiveness of Public Procurement and Tendering Policies in Kenya
• 8 Policy Perspectives on Engendering Public Procurement in Africa: The Case of Rwanda and South Africa
• 9 Vulnerability in Higher Education: The Case of Managerialism in Cleaning Services Procurement in Israel
• 10 The Paradox of Equity in Public Procurement Policies: A Vulnerability Analysis of Jordan
• Index