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

Published Albany : State University of New York Press, [1997] ©1997

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Description xxi, 217 pages ; 24 cm Series SUNY series on sport, culture, and social relations SUNY series on sport, culture, and social relations. 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 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 Summary 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 examples from the popular press, Managing Gender shows that affirmative action initiatives usually have been marginalized, trivialized, or incorporated into the corporate-managerial and masculinist cultures that pervade sporting organizations, the media, and the state Analysis Affirmative action Australia overseas comparisons Canada Federal issue New Zealand Sex discrimination Sport Women Notes 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 examples from the popular press, Managing Gender shows that affirmative action initiatives usually have been marginalized, trivialized, or incorporated into the corporate-managerial and masculinist cultures that pervade sporting organizations, the media, and the state Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-207) and indexes Notes Also available online via the World Wide Web by subscription to netLibrary, Inc. (CEIRC Shared Collection) Subject Affirmative action programs -- Australia. Affirmative action programs -- Canada. Affirmative action programs in education -- New Zealand. Sex discrimination in sports -- Australia. Sex discrimination in sports -- Canada. Sex discrimination in sports -- New Zealand. Sports for women -- Social aspects -- Australia. Affirmative action programs -- New Zealand. Sports for women -- Social aspects -- Canada. Sports for women -- Social aspects -- New Zealand. Author NetLibrary, Inc. LC no. 96053415 ISBN 0791434214 0791434222

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