Unleashing Social Justice through EU Public Procurement - 9781138930896

Name: Unleashing Social Justice through EU Public Procurement - 9781138930896
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Unleashing Social Justice through EU Public ProcurementAuthor(s): Antoinette Calleja\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138930896, 978-1138930896\nSynopsis\nThe dramatic results of the 2014 European Parliament elections have highlighted the European Unions urgent need for a review of the scope and purpose of its social objectives and for a reordering of European priorities. \n\nThis book advocates a radical and original alternative to the current philosophy that determines the set of rules for the awarding of EU public procurement contracts. It calls for a reordering of the EUs economic and social priorities. In doing so, it advocates for a social dimension to be placed at the core of public procurement, which could elicit a social model of integration in the EU in which the European citizen is the key actor. This is achieved through an analytical approach as well as concise and contextualised explanations relating.