Research Handbook on Gender and Diversity in Sport Management

International Handbooks on Gender series

Edited by Pirkko Markula, Professor of Sociocultural Studies of Physical Activity, Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation, University of Alberta, Canada and Annelies Knoppers, Professor Emeritus, School of Governance, Faculty of Law, Economics and Governance, Utrecht University, the Netherlands

This groundbreaking Research Handbook adeptly navigates how gender and diversity are addressed in sport management. Offering insight into practices and processes that work to exclude certain groups and practices, and favour others, it highlights how gendered ways of organising sport are experienced and may be sustained, disrupted, and challenged.

‘In the Research Handbook on Gender and Diversity in Sport Management, Markula and Knoppers provide an insightful and encompassing overview of the topic that is impressive in scope and quality. With stellar contributions from leading scholars around the world, this text will undoubtedly impact research, teaching, and practice.’
– George B. Cunningham, University of Florida, US

当两个性别和多样性研究的先驱in sport join forces to curate a kaleidoscope of feminist perspectives on gender-based and intersectional marginalization in sport organizations, expectations are high. This Handbook firmly delivers on these expectations, offering comprehensive and thought-provoking insights into how gendered ways of organizing and managing sport are experienced and may be disrupted and transformed. The Handbook stands out through its theoretical diversity in understanding gender in sport organizations, leadership, and coaching. In doing so, it paves the way for enhancing the breadth and depth of impact of critical research in sport management.’
– Ramón Spaaij, Victoria University, Australia

‘A very welcome, important and valuable contribution to the theorizing of gender and diversity in sport management! The original work by international scholars on how gender intersects with other relations of power offers new, expanding, and exciting insights to the field. Thus, this Handbook represents a must and an invaluable reference source for both students, faculty, and policy makers in sport.’
– Jorid Hovden, The Norwegian University of Science & Technology, Norway