Conceptualizing the Regulator‐Buyer State in the European Union for the Exercise of Socially Responsible Public Procurement in Global Production Networks
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7876417 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gale Raj‐reichert (0000-0003-4119-8896, Social Sciences Research Center Berlin Berlin Germany, corresponding author), Cornelia Staritz (0000-0003-1794-9784, Department of Development Studies University of Vienna Vienna Austria), Leonhard Plank (0000-0002-4754-131X, Technical University of Vienna Vienna Austria) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 759-782 |
| Publication date | 2022-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-9886 • E-ISSN: 1468-5965 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/jcms.13285 |
| OpenAlex | W4206741636 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 39 |
Labour rights violations and poor working conditions are rife in global production networks (GPNs). Until now research on labour governance in GPNs has been dominated by private measures. We ignite discussions on the role of the state in governing labour conditions in GPNs by focusing on a less well‐known public governance instrument – socially responsible public procurement (SRPP). SRPP is the inclusion of social criteria on working conditions in public procurement contracts. Revised European Union (EU) directives on public procurement widened the space to exercise SRPP including for outsourced and offshored production. Understanding how states can exercise SRPP as a labour governance instrument requires a conceptualization of state powers. We present a conceptualization of the hybrid regulator‐buyer state and show that an effective SRPP approach requires both strong regulator powers, differentiated as legislative, institutional, judicial and discursive, and buyer power which depend on purchasing volumes and supplier and market characteristics
Business · Conceptualization · Corporate governance · Economic policy · Economics · European union · Legislature · Market economy · Political science · Procurement · Regulator · Finance · Law · Marketing · Public Procurement and Policy · Regulation and Compliance Studies
European Regulatory Governance
The Changing Nature of European Regulatory Governance
Global Production Networks
The New Global Rulers
Corporate Social Responsibility in Global Value Chains
Value of Everything
Buying a sustainable society
The powers of a social auditor in a global production network
Strong Regions within the Unitary State
EU public procurement policy
Beyond the Local Trap
Public sector procurement and ethical trade
Market power Europe
Rethinking the European Social Market Economy
From the Positive to the Regulatory State
Responsibility in Public Administration Ethics
Beyond facilitator? State roles in global value chains and global production networks
Re-grounding the city with Polanyi
What is privatization? A political economy framework
Beyond the Boycott
Policy as Discourse
The Law's Markets
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |