TY - JOUR
T1 - Dilemmas of Gender and Global Sports Governance
T2 - An Invitation to Southern Theory
AU - Henne, Kathryn
AU - Pape, Madeleine
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Human Kinetics, Inc.
PY - 2018/9/1
Y1 - 2018/9/1
N2 - Most research on global sports policy either negates or underappreciate perspectives from the Global South. This article incorporates Southern Theory to examine how Northern worldviews profoundly shape gender-specific sports policy. It highlights two dilemmas that emerge, using illustrative case studies. First, it considers questions of gender and regulation, as evidenced in the gender verification regimes of track-and-field. Then, it addresses the limits of gender and empowerment in relation to sport for development and peace initiatives' engagement with the diverse experiences and perspectives in non-Western contexts, considering them in relation to programming for women in Pacific Island countries. The article concludes with a reflection on possible contributions of Southern theory to sport sociological scholarship.
AB - Most research on global sports policy either negates or underappreciate perspectives from the Global South. This article incorporates Southern Theory to examine how Northern worldviews profoundly shape gender-specific sports policy. It highlights two dilemmas that emerge, using illustrative case studies. First, it considers questions of gender and regulation, as evidenced in the gender verification regimes of track-and-field. Then, it addresses the limits of gender and empowerment in relation to sport for development and peace initiatives' engagement with the diverse experiences and perspectives in non-Western contexts, considering them in relation to programming for women in Pacific Island countries. The article concludes with a reflection on possible contributions of Southern theory to sport sociological scholarship.
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U2 - 10.1123/ssj.2017-0150
DO - 10.1123/ssj.2017-0150
M3 - Article
SN - 0741-1235
VL - 35
SP - 216
EP - 225
JO - Sociology of Sport Journal
JF - Sociology of Sport Journal
IS - 3
ER -