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Myself, Dr Stuart Whigham and Dr Izram Chaudry would like to open a call for between 2-4 chapters for the edited collection  ‘Social Class, Physical Education and Community Sport’ (Routledge, 2025) 

Aims: 

This edited collection showcases a range of contributions, from emerging and established academics to the contemporary study of social class, community and sport physical education by drawing upon contrasting theoretical approaches and facilitating a critical appraisal of the utility of an eclectic theoretical approach to the study of social class in the domain of physical education and community sport.   

  

Given the growing attention paid to the importance of contrasting demographic factors and markers of social identity, in recent academic analyses of physical education and community sport (such as gender, ‘race’ and ethnicity, sexuality, and disability, amongst others), discussions of social class have often been relegated to a secondary consideration. However, social class has shown to continually intersect with other demographic factors in shaping opportunities, patterns of participation and social trends in PE and community sport. This edited collection will, therefore, illustrate the ongoing importance of social class relations and inequalities within contemporary sociological analyses of physical education and community sport.  

  

Each chapter draws upon a specific theoretical perspective to explicate the salience of social class within the domain of physical education and community sport, offering an opportunity to critically examine a range of case studies and empirical data.  This edited collection will offer a timely contribution to existing knowledge by re-centring and underscoring social class as a key consideration for the sociological study of physical education and community sport, whilst illustrating the numerous interconnections between sociological theory and case studies from this field. 

 

We recognise that much research addresses issues related to social class but often uses alternative terms such as “at risk youth,” “deprived communities,” “sport for development” etc. and we welcome contributions in these areas.  

 

The edited collection proposal has recently received editorial board approval, with a deadline for publication in 2025. 

 

Abstract submission: 

We already have 10 excellent chapters included in the proposal exploring social class using the following: Gramscian theory, Archer’s ‘morphogenic’ approach, Bourdieusian sociology, Eliasian & figurational sociology, grounded theory, Foucauldian approaches, Nel Noddings’ ‘ethics of care’, and Freirian approaches. However, we would like to complement these chapters with 2-4 additional chapters through this open ‘call for papers’.   

In particular, we would welcome contributions wherein the following approaches to sociology are used to explore case studies (case studies do not need to be based on empirical data) 

 

Marxist / neo-Marxist approaches to social class, PE and community sport 

Network analysis and social class, PE and community sport (e.g. Nick Crossley) 

Relational sociology and social class, PE and community sport (e.g. Mustafa Emirbeyer) 

Critical realism and social class, PE and community sport (e.g. Pierpaolo Donati) 

Bernsteinian approaches to social class, PE and community sport (e.g. Basil Bernstein, Rob Moore, Brian Davies) 

Structuration approaches to social class, PE and community sport (e.g. Anthony Giddens) 

Intersectional approaches to in social class, PE and community sport 

bell hooks’ “white-supremacist-capitalist-patriarchy, in social class, PE and community sport 

Theoretical approaches to stigma in social class, PE and community sport (e.g. Imogen Tyler, Erving Goffman) 

Capabilities approaches to social class, PE and community sport (e.g. Amartya Sen & Martha Nussbaum) 

We are keen to get contributions which can be used to explore interlocking aspects of identity or could be applied to the analysis of social class in international contexts. We would also very much like to welcome novel and innovative theoretical approaches outside those listed above which will further enhance the theoretical scholarship on the relationship between social class, physical education and community sport. 

 

Approaches discussed do not have to have been previously used empirically to research social class, PE and community sport. Rather, they have the potential to shine a light on case studies and future empirical research.   

Process and Timeline: 

Abstracts (maximum 300 words) and/or expressions of interest should be emailed to [log in to unmask] by 31st October 2023 for consideration. 

If selected for inclusion in the edited collection, chapter contributors will be working towards the following timeline:  

Draft chapter submissions – 30th June 2024  

Feedback on chapters returned to authors – 1st August 2024  

Revised chapter submission – 30th November 2024  

Feedback / approval on revised chapter submissions – 15th January 2025  

Final manuscript submission to Routledge – 1st March 2025 

Many Thanks, 

Michael, Stuart & Izram 

 

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