The Development of Women's Soccer

Applying policy feedback theory and econometric analysis, this volume explores the lasting impact of different regimes of gender discrimination on the development of women's soccer in Germany.

Henk Erik Meier is Professor of Social Sciences of Sport at the Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences at the University of Munster, Germany.

1. Germany as a natural experiment for the future of women's soccer 2. The development of girls' and women's grassroots soccer 3. Stadium attendance in women's league soccer 4. The popularity of the women's national soccer team 5. How female will the future of soccer be?