Ahead of the World Cup this summer the relationship between President Donald Trump and Gianni Infantino, the boss of FIFA, has been under the spotlight. Alan Tomlinson describes how together the two men despoiled the beautiful game.
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(Mis)Governing World Football?Agency and (Non)Accountability in FIFA
EA Brett (London School of Economics) and Alan Tomlinson (University of Brighton) May 2024 This article has been accepted for publication in the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, published by Oxford University Press The version to be published in the journal is an expanded form of the Authors’ Original Version (AOV) and has in part a revised structure, so providing further evidence to support the analysis and argument.
FIFA: Ethics, Voice and Organisational Power Plays in World Football/Soccer’s Governing Body
PDF of Presentation made at 37th Annual NASSS Conference. “Fight for your rights and your voice: Public Sociology across organizations and institutions” Tampa, Florida, USA November 4th 2016 FIFA: Ethics, Voice and Organisational Power Plays in World Football/Soccer's Governing Body
Professor Alan Tomlinson - Research 