Driving Change? Field Containment of Gender Equality Committees in International Sports Governance

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ID6453387
AutoresLucie Schoch (0000-0001-9278-775X, University of Lausanne), M Pape (0000-0002-8075-5934, University of Lausanne)
Año2024
Volumen42
Número2
Páginas171-179
Fecha de publicación2024-09-20
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSociology of Sport Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0741-1235 • E-ISSN: 1543-2785
EditorialHuman Kinetics (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1123/ssj.2023-0205
OpenAlexW4402673471
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas30

This study investigates the ability of Gender Equality Committees (GECs) to drive change in the governance of International Federations, particularly in the overrepresentation of men in leadership roles. We situate GECs within the gendered fields of strategic action, whose change efforts must engage diverse actors beyond the immediate organizational context of a given International Federation. In examining the GECs of two gender-progressive International Federations through semistructure interviews, we develop the concept of “field containment” and show that the political and material conditions of the GEC constrain its ability to perform impactful work and particularly to achieve field-wide change, ultimately resulting in the containment of the GEC. The article concludes with practical implications

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