TY  - JOUR
AB  - Scholars and practitioners have come to understand the important role of local governments in the causes and effects of climate change. The literature has examined both the substantive and symbolic determinants of urban sustainability policies in addition to the implementation issues associated with those policies. At the heart of these policies is the idea that local governments have the desire and ability to engage in socially and environmentally responsible practices to mitigate climate change. While important, these studies are missing a key component in the investigation of local government involvement in sustainability policies: government purchasing power. This study examines the effect of administrative professionalism and interest group presence on the determinants of green procurement in the understudied context of counties in the United States.
VL  - 16
IS  - 3
SN  - 1535-0118
DO  - 10.1108/JOPP-16-03-2016-B001
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/JOPP-16-03-2016-B001
AU  - Smith Christy
AU  - Terman Jessica
PY  - 2016
Y1  - 2016/01/01
TI  - Overcoming the barriers to green procurement in the county: Interest groups and administrative professionalism
T2  - Journal of Public Procurement
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 259
EP  - 285
Y2  - 2024/05/14
ER  -