CALL FOR PAPERS
SOUTH AFRICAN REVIEW OF SOCIOLOGY
SPECIAL EDITION 2015
SOCIOLOGY OF SPORT

Sport in South Africa is important and is taken seriously. Large sections
of the population participate in, watch and consume a range of different
sports. South Africa regularly produces world class athletes and teams who
dominate in a number of sports on the global stage. The country has
successfully hosted various sports mega-events such as the recent 2010
FIFA World Cup. Sport in South Africa is a billion rand industry with
significant private and public investment. Sport in South Africa is
arguably one of the few Œunifiers¹ in a country with a long history of
segregation, discrimination and social divisions. Despite the Œunifying¹
role sport plays in the country, it remains beset with divisions along the
lines of 'race', class and gender amongst others.

We invite papers that address sport within South Africa. Colleagues may
want to consider the the following themes when submitting their abstracts
and papers:

1. Controversies, debates and discourses in the sociology of sport
2. Sport and gender
3.'Race', identity and sport
4. Consumption, leisure and sport
5. Sport for development
6. The state, political economy and sport
7. Sport, education and coaching
8. Sporting cultures and fandom
9. Sport and social history
10. Sport, philosophy and ethics

Guest editors:

Dr Chris Bolsmann (School of Languages and Social Sciences, Aston
University, Birmingham, United Kingdom)

Prof. Cora Burnett (Department of Sport and Movement Studies, University
of Johannesburg, South Africa)

Deadlines:

Abstracts:           31 October 2013
Papers:               31 May 2014

Submission Guidelines

1. Authors are invited to submit a 400-500 word abstract for consideration
for the special issue. Selected authors will then be asked to produce a
full paper based on their abstract for potential publication subject to a
review process.

2. Submissions should be sent to: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>

3. Articles should be 5000-8000 words in length.

4. All submissions will be anonymously/blind reviewed by two independent
assessors.