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This book demonstrates that the European Union (EU) can curtail the autonomy of FIFA and UEFA by building upon insights from the principal-agent model. The author argues that EU institutional features complicate control, but do not render the EU powerless, and that FIFA and UEFA can deploy a variety of strategies to mitigate control.
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“Arnout Geeraert has written an authoritative, theoretically-informed and timely study of one of the most challenging issues facing international football. It should be required reading for all those concerned about the quality of governance of the world’s most popular sport.” (Professor Barrie Houlihan, Loughborough University, UK)
“Arnout Geeraert has written a penetrating account of how the EU has established itself in the field of sports governance. By developing an innovative framework for analysing the relationship between the EU and private governing bodies, this book’s relevance goes well beyond the area of sports governance. Required reading for anyone interested in the developing role of the EU.” (Professor Sebastiaan Princen, Utrecht University, the Netherlands)
“This book offers a very thorough and thoughtful analysis of European football governance. Arnout Geeraert provides an impressive elucidation of a complex and underexplored topic. His timely book makes a very fine contribution to the literature. It should be essential reading for all those interested in European sport governance and will also be of great interest for students and scholars of European Integration Studies and Sport Studies more generally.” (Professor Arne Niemann, University of Mainz, Germany)
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Book Title: The EU in International Sports Governance
Book Subtitle: A Principal-Agent Perspective on EU Control of FIFA and UEFA
Authors: Arnout Geeraert
Series Title: The European Union in International Affairs
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137517784
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-51777-7Published: 17 December 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-51778-4Published: 12 April 2016
Series ISSN: 2662-5911
Series E-ISSN: 2662-592X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 208
Topics: International Relations, European Union Politics, Political Science, Popular Science in Sports