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Managing Gender
Affirmative Action and Organizational Power in Australian, Canadian, and New Zealand Sport
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The book explores the intersection of gender, sexuality, and power in sports, specifically focusing on the implementation of affirmative action programs for women in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. Through in-depth interviews with over one hundred managers, it reveals how these initiatives are often marginalized or trivialized within the dominant corporate and masculinist cultures of sports organizations, media, and government. The analysis is enriched with vivid examples from popular press, highlighting the challenges faced in promoting gender equity in sports.
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Managing Gender, Jim McKay
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- 1997
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- Title
- Managing Gender
- Subtitle
- Affirmative Action and Organizational Power in Australian, Canadian, and New Zealand Sport
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Jim McKay
- Publisher
- State University of New York Press
- Released
- 1997
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 217
- ISBN13
- 9780791434222
- Category
- Social sciences
- Description
- The book explores the intersection of gender, sexuality, and power in sports, specifically focusing on the implementation of affirmative action programs for women in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. Through in-depth interviews with over one hundred managers, it reveals how these initiatives are often marginalized or trivialized within the dominant corporate and masculinist cultures of sports organizations, media, and government. The analysis is enriched with vivid examples from popular press, highlighting the challenges faced in promoting gender equity in sports.