The Professionalisation of Women's Sport

Herausgeber: Bowes, Ali; Culvin, Alex

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Produktbeschreibung

The Professionalisation of Womenâ s Sport draws upon the expertise of a range of scholars from the fields of sport sociology, sport history, sport economics to critically discuss the complex and often fragmented histories of womenâ s involvement in professional sport.

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Produktdetails

• Emerald Studies in Sport and Gender
• Verlag: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. September 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 512g
• ISBN-13: 9781800431973
• ISBN-10: 180043197X
• Artikelnr.: 61435254

Autorenporträt

Ali Bowes is a Senior Lecturer in the Sociology of Sport at Nottingham Trent University. Ali is interested in socio-cultural, qualitative explorations of women in elite/professional sport settings. After gaining her PhD from Loughborough University, she has published research related to elite women's sport. Alex Culvin is an Academic in Sport Business at the University of Salford Business School. Alex's research interests lie in elite sport, business management, policy, work and gender. She is currently co-editing two books on professional women's sport and professional women's football respectively. Alex is the Chair of the of the Football Collective, a global network of football scholars. Alex completed her PhD in 2019, in the first study to examine professional football as work for women in England. As a former professional footballer, Alex had unique access to professional footballers and maintains considerable networks within professional sport. Alongside this, Alex has had her work published in the Telegraph Sport, BBC Sport and the Athletic.