Tag: Equality Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal

What we know about sport fandom and spectatorship is primarily based on the perceptions and experiences of white, middle-class, educated men. Thus, one aim of the special issue is to diversify and broaden our understanding of sport fan and spectator experiences. A second aim is to highlight sports fans’ and sports organizations’ strategies and actions to improve equity, inclusion, diversity, and justice. We want to shed light on fans’ actions to denounce and challenge exclusionary practices in sport and to create more inclusive spaces.

The purpose of this special issue is to explore the link among social class, sport, and physical activity. We seek quantitative, qualitative, and conceptual papers that investigate the ways that wealth, social class background, and power intersect to influence the opportunities people have to consume sport, their chances to be physically active, their experiences as sport consumers, and how they experience work in sport organizations.