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Selling Social

Procurement, Purchasing, and Social Enterprises

edited by Jennifer Sumner, Andrea Chan, Annie Luk & Jack Quarter

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Feb 2023
Category
Management & Leadership, Public Affairs & Administration, Social Work
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781487524500
    Publish Date
    Feb 2023
    List Price
    $34.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781487506711
    Publish Date
    Feb 2023
    List Price
    $80.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781487534714
    Publish Date
    Jan 2023
    List Price
    $27.95

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Since the 2010s, all levels of governments in Canada have gradually initiated social procurement as a policy tool to further their social values and political agendas. Social enterprises of various shapes and sizes across the country have served as partners in the execution of those agendas. Selling Social examines the experiences of these enterprises in social procurement and social purchasing.

 

Selling Social presents the findings of a three-year Canadian research project detailing experiences of work integration social enterprises (WISEs) selling their goods and services to organizational purchasers, including governments, businesses, and non-profit organizations. Drawing on survey findings and interviews, the book explores a diverse group of social enterprises from across Canada, showcasing their successes and their challenges based on real-life examples to aid social enterprises that are considering this path. The book emphasizes the importance of including social and environmental considerations in procurement and purchasing decisions, particularly at larger scales and through public policy. In doing so, Selling Social extends the understanding of social enterprises beyond their social and economic outcomes and into the broader movement towards responsible procurement and purchasing.

About the authors

Jennifer Sumner teaches in the Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education and is coordinator of the Adult Education and Community Development Program at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto.

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Andrea Chan is a doctoral candidate in the Adult Education and Community Development Program at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto.

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Annie Luk is a sessional instructor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto.

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Jack Quarter is a professor and co-director of the Social Economy Centre at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto. He is the author of Canada's Social Economy and Crossing the Line. He edited How to Start a Worker's Co-op and co-edited Partners in Enterprise: The Worker Ownership Phenomenon.

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