PSA PSA 2011
62nd Political Studies Association Annual International Conference
In Defence of Politics
3 - 5 April 2012
Europa Hotel Belfast

Presenting Panels and Papers

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Conference Programme
The conference programme is available here.

Conference Presentation Rules
By submitting a proposal, presenters agree:

  1. to be available at any scheduled session at the conference
  2. to present the paper(s) in person; and
  3. to submit a copy of the paper to the PSA for publication on the conference web site in advance of the conference.

Changes will only be made in extreme circumstances. Presenters may withdraw a paper without penalty until 31 December 2011. Late cancellation may result in proposals for future conferences being rejected. The final date for registration by paper-givers and for submission of an electronic version of paper to PSA is Monday 5 March 2012.

Instructions for Presenters
Please read and abide by the following requirements for the presentation of papers.

All paper presenters will be required to submit their papers for inclusion on the PSA Conference 2012 web site prior to the conference. As electronic versions of the papers are received, they will be added automatically to the site and will be available for download on open access. The Association does not offer papers from its conferences to third parties.

It is the Association's policy to hold non-exclusive copyright on conference papers, which are maintained, permanently, in our Archive of Proceedings here. This is no way prevents paper-givers from publication elsewhere.

  • The paper should include the author's name, University (or other institutional affiliation), and the title of the paper.
  • The paper should be between 6,000 and 8,000 words in length, including footnotes and appendices. Papers which exceed the maximum length are unlikely to be accepted.
  • Abstracts are required with a maximum of 300 words. They should be added, separately, into the paper upload form.
  • The document should be uploaded in Adobe PDF format. Please do not encrypt or use password protection.
  • The font should be Arial or Times New Roman, and font size should be not greater than 12pt.
  • The line spacing should be single spaced.
  • Papers should be uploaded here.

CONTACTS

 
Conference Academic Convenors
Professor Paul Carmichael and Dr Cathy Gormley-Heenan
School of Criminology, Politics and Social Policy, University of Ulster

Conference Web Site

PSA Web Master