A1 Journal article (refereed)
Abstrakti, muodollinen ja vanhentunut tasa-arvo? : diskursiivinen tulkinta liikuntajärjestöjen tasa-arvopuheesta (2019)
Abstract, formal and expired equality? Discourse analysis of sport organizations' talk of equality


Isosomppi, S., Itkonen, H., & Salmikangas, A.-K. (2019). Abstrakti, muodollinen ja vanhentunut tasa-arvo? : diskursiivinen tulkinta liikuntajärjestöjen tasa-arvopuheesta. Liikunta ja tiede, 56(1), 84-92. https://www.lts.fi/media/lts_vertaisarvioidut_tutkimusartikkelit/2019/lt_1-19_tutkimusartikkeli_84-92_lowres.pdf


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All authors or editorsIsosomppi, Saara; Itkonen, Hannu; Salmikangas, Anna-Katriina

Journal or seriesLiikunta ja tiede

ISSN0358-7010

Publication year2019

Volume56

Issue number1

Pages range84-92

PublisherLiikuntatieteellinen seura

Publication countryFinland

Publication languageFinnish

Persistent website addresshttps://www.lts.fi/media/lts_vertaisarvioidut_tutkimusartikkelit/2019/lt_1-19_tutkimusartikkeli_84-92_lowres.pdf

Publication open accessOpenly available

Publication channel open accessPartially open access channel

Publication is parallel published (JYX)https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/63299


Abstract

Recent political and scholarly discussions in sport have been concerning the stage of gender equality and equality in general in sport. Spark for the evolved interest was the updated Act on the promotion of sports and physical activity in 2015. It demanded more attention to advancing all kinds of equality in sport field and accordingly, the Ministry of Education and Culture obliged the organizations receiving a state subsidy to create their own equality promotion strategies. This article participates in the debate by examining the discourses of gender equality policy in sport organizations’ talk. The research analyzes discourses produced by sportsorganization actors. Is gender equality policy constructed as a tool for change and where are drawn the boundaries of its possibilities? What kinds of gender norms are constructed and contested? The data consists of a research survey about gender equality. The survey was directed to the sport organizations that were granted a state subsidy of sport in 2015. The analysis shows how the meanings of gender equality policy are actively produced in the talk and how it also lines out and mutes the questions that are not willingly covered. Gender equality policy is defined as a constant battle of ideologies, policies of inequality and construction of reality.


Keywordssports organisationsgenderequality (values)equality (fundamental rights)policy on physical trainingequality policydiscourse analysis

Free keywordsequality; gender; sport organizations; sport policy; discourse analysis; non-discrimination


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Ministry reportingYes

Reporting Year2019

JUFO rating1


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