If you are proposing a paper please fill in the on-line Paper Proposal Form (see http://www.psa.ac.uk/2012/call.aspx for details). We will only accept proposals that use this form. Before submitting a paper proposal we ask that you consider submitting your paper as part of a panel, either by consulting with colleagues in your research area or by contacting the relevant specialist group (details available here). If you do submit a paper proposal we will make every effort to include your paper in a panel, but individual paper submissions that cannot be incorporated into a panel are likely to be rejected.

We invite proposals on all areas of political research, particularly those which might address these broad themes:

In Praise of Politics and Why We Hate Politics

The Purpose of Political Science – in education, research and policy formation

Ethics and Politics - questions of integrity, accountability, honesty, and disclosure in political activity and also political research

Conflict and Conciliation – approaches to political negotiation and struggle, from theoretical and empirical perspectives

The People's Politics – the changing landscape of political engagement and protest

Politics: Looking Back or Looking Forward – the extent to which politics looks back as well as forward, and what this says about modern political trends

Leaders and Authority; Citizens and Consumerism – the interplay between elites, iconic figures and power brokers, and citizens, subjects and consumers