Gender Equality and the Olympic Programme - Paperback

by Michele K. Donnelly (Author)

This innovative study examines the Olympic programme from a critical feminist perspective, to shed new light on the issues of gender and inclusion at the Olympic Games and in the Olympic Movement.

Author Biography

Michele K. Donnelly is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sport Management at Brock University, Canada. Her research agenda is composed of three clearly defined, and often interrelated, lines of sociological inquiry: 1) social inequality, particularly focused on gender; 2) alternative and understudied social practices and subcultures in the realm of sport; and 3) qualitative research methods. Michele is a member of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport (NASSS).