Tag: Catherine Ordway

The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup: Politics, Representation, and Management, edited and mostly written by Adam Beissel, Verity Postlethwaite, Andrew Grainger and Julie E. Brice, offers a critical examination of the 2023 Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Women’s World Cup, being held in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. Bente Skogvang is highly appreciative of this contribution to the academic literature on women’s sport, and women’ football in particular.

JSM encourages the submission of manuscripts in a number of areas as they relate to the management, governance, and consumption of sport. Studies using quantitative and/or qualitative approaches are welcomed. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Tracing Gender Allyship and the Role of Awareness in Addressing the Gender Leadership Gap in Sport Organizations by Caroline Heffernan, Lisa A. Kihl.

Sport has a role to play in creating a culture of respect, yet women in sport are often seen as “less than” on almost every measure: salaries, sponsorship, broadcasting, leadership, access, media, coaching, officiating, uniforms and support. Research shows three out of four Australian men are gender equality supporters, but very few (17%) prioritise taking any action. As Australia grapples with a “national crisis” of violence against women, what can men in sport do to help? Catherine Ordway and Ginger Gorman provide answers.

The International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics is published by Routledge, and aims to publish articles that address all aspects of sport policy irrespective of academic discipline. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Closed due to COVID-19: effects of indoor sports restrictions on suburban adults’ physical activity behaviours by Ilkka Virmasalo, Elina Hasanen, Janne Pyykönen, Marisofia Nurmi, Mikko Simula, Anna-Katriina Salmikangas & Petteri Muukkonen (open access).

The Oxford Handbook of Sport and Society, edited by Lawrence A, Wenner (Oxford UP), features leading international scholars’ assessments of scholarly inquiry about sport and society. Divided into six sections, chapters consider dominant issues within key areas, approaches featured in inquiry, and debates needing resolution. Our reviewer is Richards Giulianotti, who edited the Sage four volume set The Sociology of Sport in 2012, and he finds that this new collection, some unnecessary omissions notwithstanding, is a welcome addition to the existing list of handbooks in the field.

In Restoring Trust in Sport: Corruption Cases and Solutions (Routledge), editor Catherine Ordway has collected sport corruption case studies in which leading researchers consider how to re-establish trust both within sports organizations and in the wider sporting public, inspired by the idea of ‘moral repair’. Our reviewer Mikael Hansson’s critical reading turns up a general impression of an ambitious, well-conceived anthology, a useful source of knowledge and inspiration.

Doping in Sport and the Law by Ulrich Haas & Deborah Healey (eds., Hart Publishing) is a couple of years old, but, as our reviewer Paul Dimeo points out, “yet key texts such as this can help us understanding contemporary and future problems”. Paul recommends the book for anyone interested in anti-doping, sports ethics and/or sports law.