This is the 8th annual conference of the UK Political Studies Association’s sport and politics specialist study group. The broad theme of the conference is ‘Sport and the politics of exclusion’. We welcome proposals for papers/panels that address the following sub-themes:
- Sport and cultural exclusions
- Sport politics and policy
- Criminologies of sport
- Sport and activism/social movements
- Sports mega events
- Volunteering in sport
- Sport provisions in public and private settings
- Sport in an age of austerity
Keynote speakers:
- Andy Burnham MP
- Maurice Roche (Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Sheffield)
Please send abstracts of no more than 250 words to conference organiser Dr Peter Millward – P.Millward@ljmu.ac.uk – by 13 December 2013. We welcome submissions from postgraduate students.
Further details on keynotes, venue, accommodation and cost to follow in due course. Keep on eye on the conference home page.