Product Description
by Alex Culvin (Editor), Ali Bowes (Editor)
The global professionalisation of women's football has gathered momentum in the twenty first century, and professional women footballers are now more prevalent and evident in cultures around the world. Despite increased professionalisation and record-breaking viewing and participation figures for women's football, there are persistent challenges for women in the game. Professional football is now a viable career opportunity for women globally; however, as Women's Football in a Global, Professional Era demonstrates, there are pressing issues and unanswered questions that remain in the game.
In this collection, a range of scholars contribute research covering three key areas as women's football shifts into a global, professional era: issues surrounding the historical development of professional women's football, documentation of the lived experiences of women in an emerging professional space and, finally, discussions around commercialisation and media coverage of the sport.
Women's Football in a Global, Professional Era is an important addition to discussions on sport as work for women, and an essential reference point for students, researchers and sports professionals interested in the debates around the professionalisation of women's football internationally.
Author Biography
Alex Culvin is Senior Lecturer in Sports Business at Leeds Beckett University, UK. Alex works in player and union relations at FIFPro, the global union of professional footballers, and is the chair of the Football Collective, a global network of football scholars.
Ali Bowes is Senior Lecturer in the Sociology of Sport at Nottingham Trent University, UK. Ali serves on the editorial boards of both Sociology of Sport Journal and Managing Sport and Leisure, and is on the board of the Football Collective.
