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Record Nr.

UNINA9910255331003321

Autore

Geeraert A

Titolo

The EU in International Sports Governance : A Principal-Agent Perspective on EU Control of FIFA and UEFA / / by A. Geeraert

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016

ISBN

1-137-51778-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (X, 208 p.)

Collana

The European Union in International Affairs, , 2662-5911

Classificazione

SCI000000

Disciplina

796.06/9

Soggetti

International relations

European Union

Political science

Sports

International Relations

European Union Politics

Political Science

Popular Science in Sports

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book analyses the levels of influence that the European Union (EU) has over sport governing bodies (SGBs). Contrasting with the US authorities' decisive action, the EU seemed largely absent from the 2015 FIFA corruption saga. Even though the EU has established itself as an actor in its own right in international sports governance, there is still a lack of clarity over its capabilities to control SGBs. By employing a triangular principal-agent model, and by focusing on the case of EU control of FIFA and UEFA, the author demonstrates that the EU holds significant opportunities to control SGBs through both law and policy. There are, however, important limits as well. EU institutional features complicate control, but do not render the EU powerless. Most importantly, though, SGBs can deploy a variety of strategies to mitigate control. In considering these strategies and their effects on the EU's influence, this book provides an informed analysis that will particularly



appeal to students and scholars of the EU, sports organizations, and global governance.