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Equal Play; Title IX and Social Change collects the best, up-to-date scholarship, court cases, and other useful materials showing how the governmental processes have influenced the implementation of one of the country's most important social goals: equality in athletics.

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9781592133796

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A good primer on history and struggles...the authors clearly spell out the periodic backlashes to Title IX as well as its victories. Ms Magazine 2007 A particular strength of this collection is its strategic reliance on primary source materials, government documents, scholarly analyses, and contemporary writings to tell the story of Title IX's impact on women's sports and American society overall. Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics A valuable edition to the literature...Recommended. Nancy Hogshead-Makar and Andrew Zimbalist In Equal Play, editors Nancy Hogshead-Makar and Andrew Zimbalist bundle primary documents and administrative regulations with a diverse and excellent collection of excerpts from well known publications, essays, and speeches...Equal Play will prove to be an invaluable addition to your private collection of resources and references. Similarly, it would serve as an outstanding companion text for a number of courses or as a pre-course reading to establish a common baseline of knowledge regarding the historical, social, and legal context of Title IX...Equal Play is a well written and thoroughly researched text that provides a critical review of the historical, social and political context in which Title IX was conceived, became law, and now exists...The arguments are clearly presented and supported by thorough documentation and research. The Journal of Legal Aspects of Sport Hogshead-Makar and Zimbalist have assembled an impressive array of contributors...They also include original legal documents, commission reports and recommendations, conservative political attacks on Title IX, and forceful counterarguments that respond to the attacks. The documents and data make this book a rich source of information for researchers and students. Women's Review of Books [It] provides a thorough investigation into the debate surrounding sports and Title IX... Hogshead-Makar and Zimbalist do an excellent job of cutting through this debate by engaging three distinct discourses... Overall, the book is a valuable resource for anyone interested in gender equity and public policy. Signs, Spring 2009

[A] good primer on [Title IX's] history and struggles...the authors clearly spell out the periodic backlashes to Title IX as well as its victories. -Michele Kort, Ms.

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Nancy Hogshead-Makar is a Professor at the Florida Coastal School of Law.  She is a former President of the Women's Sports Foundation (1992-94) and currently serves as its legal advisor.  She has testified in Congress numerous times on the topic of gender equity in athletics, written numerous scholarly and lay articles, serves as an expert witness in Title IX cases, and has written amicus briefs representing athletic organizations in the U.S. Supreme Court.  Professor Hogshead-Makar is an Olympic Champion from the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, wining three gold medals and one silver medal in swimming.  Andrew Zimbalist is Robert A. Woods Professor of Economics at Smith College. He is the author or editor of eighteen previous books, including The Bottom Line: Observations and Arguments on the Sports Business (Temple) and In the Best Interest of Baseball? The Revolutionary Reign of Bud Selig. He  is a member of the Editorial Board of The Journal of Sports Economics, and has consulted extensively in the sports industry for players associations, leagues, cities, and owners.

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