The Implicit Dimensions of Public Procurement Contracts
African History and Debates
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23433286 |
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| Authors | N Nyeck (0000-0002-3514-5918, Clarkson University, corresponding author), S N Nyeck |
| Year | 2016 |
| Pages | 31-49 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Public Procurement Reform and Governance in Africa (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan US (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1057/978-1-137-52137-8_2 |
| OpenAlex | W2488511728 |
| ISBN | 9781137521378 |
| Language | EN |
This chapter explores the frontier of political power and sovereignty in contractual schemes. Nyeck brings politics and history back in the study of public procurement noting that a commodity-focused approach to government outsourcing fails to explain the ways in which sovereignty is at times constructed, inflated, or transformed in procurement agreements. Drawing insight from the activities of the Crown Agents in colonial Africa the author demonstrates that “sovereign powers can unintentionally be alienated or threatened as a result of adverse action by its agents, or strategically contracted out to evade democratic accountability.”
Action (physics) · Colonialism · Commodity · Democracy · Economics · Frontier · Government (linguistics) · Management · Market economy · Outsourcing · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Procurement · Sovereignty · African history and culture studies · Law · Legal Issues in South Africa · South African History and Culture
| Highly cited | No |
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