Managing gender : affirmative action and organizational power in Australian, Canadian, and New Zealand sport /

This analysis of gender, sexuality, and power in sport evaluates how affirmative action programs for women have been implemented in sporting organizations in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. Based on in-depth interviews with over one hundred men and women managers and supported by colorful exampl...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: McKay, Jim, 1949-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1997.
Series:SUNY series on sport, culture, and social relations.
Subjects:
Sports for women > Social aspects > Australia.
Sports for women > Social aspects > Canada.
Sports for women > Social aspects > New Zealand.
Sex discrimination in sports > Australia.
Sex discrimination in sports > Canada.
Sex discrimination in sports > New Zealand.
Affirmative action programs > Australia.
Affirmative action programs > Canada.
Affirmative action programs > New Zealand.
Sports féminins > Aspect social > Australie.
Sports féminins > Aspect social > Canada.
Sports féminins > Aspect social > Nouvelle-Zélande.
Discrimination sexuelle dans les sports > Australie.
Discrimination sexuelle dans les sports > Canada.
Discrimination sexuelle dans les sports > Nouvelle-Zélande.
Programmes d'action positive > Australie.
Programmes d'action positive > Canada.
Programmes d'action positive > Nouvelle-Zélande.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Affairs & Administration.
Affirmative action programs
Sex discrimination in sports
Sports for women > Social aspects
Australia
Canada
New Zealand
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Theoretical Framework
  • 3. The Corporate-Managerial State, Gender, and Sport
  • 4. Structures of Labor, Power, and Cathexis
  • 5. "Doing" Affirmative Action
  • 6. The Write Stuff? Media Representations of Affirmative Action in Australian Sport
  • 7. Hegemonic Masculinity and the Gender Politics of Affirmative Action Policy Research
  • 8. One Cheer for Affirmative Action
  • App. 1. Organizational Affiliations of Interviewees
  • App. 2. Questionnaire on the Status of Women Sport Executives
  • App. 3. Quantitative Summaries of Australian Respondents' Perceptions of Their Organizations.

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