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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
John Peter Sugden; Alan Tomlinson; Fédération internationale de football association. |
ISBN: | 0745616607 9780745616605 0745616615 9780745616612 |
OCLC Number: | 38132661 |
Description: | x, 294 pages ; 24 cm |
Contents: | 1. Introduction: FIFA and the contest for world football -- an interpretive and conceptual framework -- pt. I. FIFA and its Expanding Football Family: Background and Context. 2. FIFA, Europe and South America: foundations and contradictions in the football family. 3. FIFA: an organizational and institutional analysis. 4. FIFA and its partners: media and markets. 5. FIFA's World Cup Finals: getting the event -- pt. II. FIFA and the Collapse of Empire. 6. FIFA and Africa. 7. FIFA and Asia. 8. FIFA and the former Soviet Union. 9. FIFA's final frontier: USA '94. 10. Conclusion: who rules the peoples' game? -- Afterword: FIFA and the Future of World Football -- App. VISION for the Future Governance of Football. |
Other Titles: | Fédération internationale de football association & the contest for world football |
Responsibility: | John Sugden and Alan Tomlinson. |
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"I feel quite convinced that your book will arouse the interest of many readers and I have no hesitation in congratulating you in advance on its success." Dr Joao Havelange, FIFA President "An academic study, but a gripping one, because the story they tell is an extraordinary one. Independent Sunday Magazine "Insightful..." Total Sport "Interesting and extremely well-researched study of the history and workings of this shadowy organization..." When Saturday Comes "A fact-filled study of the history, ambitions and motives of the organisation behind the world's most popular sport. Highlights include chapters on Fifa's role in the choice of the host nation and their influence over television coverage and commentators." Independent on Sunday Read more...

