Gender Diversity in European Sport Governance
Gender equality is one of the founding democratic principles of the EU. However, recent studies of the Federation of Olympic Sports in Europe have shown that women occupy only fourteen percent of decision-making positions in sport organisations.
This book presents a comprehensive and comparative study of how various regions and countries of Europe have addressed this lack of gender diversity, discussing which strategies have brought about change and to what extent these changes have been successful. With contributions from leading sport sociologists, covering countries such as Germany, Hungary, Norway, Poland, Spain, Turkey and the UK, it provides a foundation for future policy-making, methodological analyses and theoretical developments that can result in sustainable gender equality in European sport governance.
Gender Diversity in European Sport Governance is important reading for scholars and students in the fields of sociology of sport, sport management, sociology, gender studies and studies of organisation, management and leadership. It is also a valuable resource for policy-makers in the EU, as well as national sport organisations and activists.
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 (emerita) 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 organisations 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 and the International Olympic Committee and has chaired research and dissertation committees at national and international levels.
Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society
Rethinking Olympic Legacy
Vassil Girginov
Surfing, Sex, Genders and Sexualities
Edited by lisahunter
The Aesthetics, Poetics, and Rhetoric of Soccer
Edited by Ridvan Askin, Catherine Diederich and Aline Bieri
Politics and Identity in Chinese Martial Arts
Lu Zhouxiang
Corruption, Mafia Power and Italian Soccer
Alberto Testa and Anna Sergi
Researching Difference in Sport and Physical Activity
Edited by Richard Medcalf and Chris Mackintosh
Surfing and Sustainability
Gregory Borne
Women, Sport and Exercise in the Asia-Pacific Region
Domination, Resistance, Accommodation
Gyozo Molnar, Sara N. Amin and Yoko Kanemasu
Gender Diversity in European Sport Governance
Edited by Agnes Elling, Jorid Hovden and Annelies Knoppers
For more information about this series, please visit: www.routledge.com/sport/series/RRSCS
First published 2019
by Routledge
2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN
and by Routledge
711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017
Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business
2019 selection and editorial matter, Agnes Elling, Jorid Hovden and Annelies Knoppers; individual chapters, the contributors
The right of Agnes Elling, Jorid Hovden and Annelies Knoppers to be identified as the authors of the editorial material, and of the authors for their individual chapters, has been asserted in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers.
Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe.
British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
A catalog record for this book has been requested
ISBN: 978-1-138-07053-0 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-1-315-11506-1 (ebk)
Typeset in Goudy
by Apex CoVantage, LLC
We acknowledge and thank all those women who had the courage to be the first woman on a sport board and all those women and men who dare to question the status quo and do all they can to make sport governance a site for gender equality and equity.
Contents
ANNELIES KNOPPERS, JORID HOVDEN AND AGNES ELLING
JOHANNA A. ADRIAANSE
MUSTAFA AHIN KARAAM AND CANAN KOCA
CELIA VALIENTE
SUSANNA SOLER, MARTA MORAGAS AND ANNA VILANOVA
HONORATA JAKUBOWSKA
ANDREA GL AND GYNGYI SZAB FLDESI
ILSE HARTMANN-TEWS
INGE CLARINGBOULD AND MARLON VAN LIERE
LUCY V. PIGGOTT, ELIZABETH C. J. PIKE AND JORDAN J. K. MATTHEWS
JANE DENNEHY AND IRENE A. REID
KARI FASTING AND MARI KRISTIN SISJORD
SUSANNA HEDENBORG AND JOHAN R. NORBERG
PHILIPPA VELIJA
MARI KRISTIN SISJORD
AGNES ELLING, ANNELIES KNOPPERS AND JORID HOVDEN
JORID HOVDEN, AGNES ELLING AND ANNELIES KNOPPERS
ANNELIES KNOPPERS, JORID HOVDEN AND AGNES ELLING
JORID HOVDEN, ANNELIES KNOPPERS AND AGNES ELLING
Johanna A. Adriaanse is Associate Professor at University of Technology Sydney, Australia.
Inge Claringbould is Associate Professor at Utrecht School of Governance, Utrecht University, the Netherlands.
Jane Dennehy is Independent Researcher and Consultant at Gender Hub, UK.
Kari Fasting is Professor (emerita) at Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Norway.
Gyngyi Szab Fldesi is Professor (emerita) at University of Physical Education, Hungary.
Andrea Gl is Associate Professor at the University of Physical Education, Hungary.
Ilse Hartmann-Tews is Professor at German Sport University Cologne, Germany.
