Gender Diversity in European Sport Governance (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Elling, Agnes; Knoppers, Annelies; Hovden, Jorid

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

A comprehensive and comparative study of how various regions and countries of Europe have addressed the lack of gender diversity in sport leadership. With contributions from leading sport sociologists from across the world, it aims to enable sustainable gender equality in European sport governance.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. August 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351629539
• Artikelnr.: 55412946

Autorenporträt

Agnes Elling is Senior Researcher at the Mulier Institute in the Netherlands, researching sport in society. She has a specific focus on mixed methods research and intersectional analyses. She was a member of the extended board of the International Sociology of Sport Association and is currently part of the editorial board of the International Review for the Sociology of Sport. She has received several grants for research on gender equity and social diversity in sport and sport leadership. Jorid Hovden is Professor at the Department of Sociology and Political Science, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway, and Guest Professor at the Arctic University of Norway. Her special focus is on recruiting processes, leadership ideals and gendered political strategies in sport politics and coaching. She was a member of the extended board of the International Sociology of Sport Association and is currently part of the editorial board of the International Review for the Sociology of Sport as well as the European Journal for Sport and Society. She has chaired research committees and dissertation committees at national and international levels. She is the past president of the Association for Gender Research in Norway. Annelies Knoppers is Professor (emeritus) at the Utrecht School of Governance, Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Her special focus has been on the often invisible processes that may hamper shifts to gender equity in sport organizations and boards of directors. She was senior editor of the Sociology of Sport Journal and is now a member of the editorial boards of the International Review for the Sociology of Sport and Sport Management Review. She has been awarded grants directed towards changing current gendered practices in sport by the Dutch Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) and the IOC and has chaired research and dissertation committees at national and international levels.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Mapping the Field
1. Introduction
2. Europe in World Perspective: the Sydney Scoreboard Global Index for Women in Sport Leadership
Part II: Country Studies
3. Turkey: Men's Resistance to Gender Equality in Sport Governance
4. Spain: Social
Political and Organisational Explanations
5. Catalonia: The Voices of Female Chairs of Sports Clubs
6. Poland: Under-representation and Misrecognition of Women in Sport Leadership
7. Hungary: Unquestioned Male Dominance in Sport Governance
8. Germany: A Long Way to Go
9. The Netherlands: Transformations but Still a Great Deal to be Done
10. England: A 'Sporting Future' for All?
11. Scotland: Over the Starting Line or Still in the Blocks?
12. Norway: Gender
Governance and the Impact of Quota Regulations
13. Sweden: A Gender Perspective on Sport Governance
Part III: Sport Specific Case Studies
14. Cricket: The Women's Cricket Association and the England and Wales Cricket Board
15. Snowboarding: Women's Agency from Outsiders to Insiders in the Organisation
Part IV: Meta-analyses and Conclusions
16. Meta-analyses: Data and Methodologies
17. Meta-analyses: Policies and Strategies
18. Meta-analyses: Theoretical Issues
19. Conclusions: Progress
Stability and Future Possibilities