CFP: Special Issue of Journal of Sport Management on Community Sport

CALL FOR PAPERS

Special Issue of the Journal of Sport Management

Community Sport

Community sport has recently come under the research lens, in large part because of a growing

focus on its (potential) role in helping achieve government policy objectives that range from

individual physical and emotional health, to community cohesion. It is also a sport context of

particular interest, being the grassroots foundation of a country’s sport system, and where most

people engage in organized sport. As a result, there is a growing body of research examining

various aspects of community sport (e.g., policy, capacity, innovation, volunteerism,

interorganizational relations, social inclusion, social capital, community development).

The intent of the special issue is to provide a platform for the examination of various aspects of

community sport, and thus to foster progress in its study and practice.

Possible topics include (but are not limited to):

The development, governance, and management of community sport:

 The nature and impact of community sport program design and delivery

 Strategy and structure of community sport organizations and delivery mechanisms

 The development, nature and impact of community sport policy, and the impact of policy

on community sport

 Community sport governance, at the organizational and/or government level

 Organizational capacity development

 Community sport volunteerism

 Interorganizational relations in community sport

 Legal aspects of community sport

 Community sport marketing

 Facility challenges, including access and affordability

 Innovation in community sport

 Commercialization of community sport

The impact of community sport (including benefits and detriments):

 The impact of community sport programs and experiences on individuals and groups,

including marginalized cohorts

 Local and societal impact of community sport

(Note. The focus is community-based sport programs and organizations rather than school sport

and large-scale sport events.)

Conceptual and empirical research with a strong theoretical basis that advances knowledge are

being sought. Studies using quantitative and/or qualitative approaches are welcomed.

Submissions for the “From the Field” section of JSM are encouraged.

Manuscripts should follow the guidelines in the Publication Manual of the American

Psychological Association (6th ed.), 2009 (www.apa.org), and should be prepared in accordance

with the Journal of Sport Management “Instructions to Authors”

(http://www.humankinetics.com/JSM/journalAbout.cfm). Manuscripts must not be submitted to

another journal while they are under review by the Journal of Sport Management, nor should

they have been previously published.

Manuscripts should be submitted no later than September 1, 2012 via e-mail to either of the

Guest Editors:

Alison Doherty, PhD

Associate Professor, Sport Management

School of Kinesiology

Faculty of Health Sciences

The University of Western Ontario

London, Ontario, Canada

N6A 3K7

Ph. 519-661-2111 Ext. 88362

Fax 519-661-2008

Email adoherty@uwo.ca

Laura Cousens, PhD

Associate Professor

Department of Sport Management

Faculty of Applied Health Sciences

Brock University

St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada

L2S 3A1

Ph. 905-688-5550 (Ext. 4748)

Fax 905-688-4505

Email lcousens@brocku.ca