Overview
- Provides an in-depth analysis of the gendered politics behind the merger of the women's and men's athletic departments at a university
- Draws on historical documents, interviews, and media to illustrate the histor of gender segregated athletic departments in the US and internationally
- Includes broader practical implications and theoretical contributions relating to the nuances of organizational change as a complex, political, gendered relational process.
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This book examines the gendered politics in the context of a merger of the women’s and men’s athletic departments at the University of Minnesota over a ten year plus span. Examining the athletic department merger helps us understand women's continual under-representation in University athletics despite Title IX legislation passing 40 years ago. Using interview with organizational stakeholders and archival document data, the book explores how organizational change in the form of a merger is gendered with relation to the premerger, merged, post-merger stages.
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Lisa A. Kihl is Associate Professor of Sport Management in the School of Kinesiology at the University of Minnesota, USA. Her teaching interests intersect sport ethics, policy, and governance. She has published in the areas of sport corruption, corporate social responsibility, athletes and governance, and leadership and organizational change in sport.
Sally Shaw is Senior Lecturer in the School of Physical Education, Sport and Exercise Sciences at the University of Otago, New Zealand.She has published widely in leading sport management journals. Her research interests include gender relations in sport organisations, sport organization governance, and the development of anti-homophobia policies in sport.
Vicki D. Schull is Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Performance at Minnesota State University, Mankato, USA. Her research interests include leadership in sport, gender relations in sport, issues in intercollegiate athletics, and organizational change in sport.
Sally Shaw is Senior Lecturer in the School of Physical Education, Sport and Exercise Sciences at the University of Otago, New Zealand.She has published widely in leading sport management journals. Her research interests include gender relations in sport organisations, sport organization governance, and the development of anti-homophobia policies in sport.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Gender Politics in US College Athletic Departments
Book Subtitle: The Case of the University of Minnesota Merger
Authors: Lisa A. Kihl, Vicki D. Schull, Sally Shaw
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-48509-0
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot New York
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-48508-3Published: 10 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-48509-0Published: 09 August 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 147
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour
Topics: Sociology of Education, Ethnography, Sociology of Sport and Leisure, Gender Studies, Administration, Organization and Leadership, Anthropology