Social Procurement and New Public Governance, Hardcover by Barraket, Jo; Keast, Robyn; Furneaux, Craig, ISBN 0415858550, ISBN-13 9780415858557, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Despite growing policy and practitioner interest in social procurement, there has been relatively little conceptual or empirical thinking published on the issue. Taking a critically informed approach, this innovative text examines emerging approaches to social procurement within the context of New Public Governance (NPG), and examines the practices of social procurement across Europe, North America, Australia and Asia.