TITLE:
Institutional Aspects of FIFA Governance and Its Impact on International Relations
AUTHORS:
Gabriel Nickolas Cazotto, Maurício Fronzaglia, Joaquim Racy
KEYWORDS:
FIFA, International Governance, Transnational Entity, International Relations, Football, International Law
JOURNAL NAME:
American Journal of Industrial and Business Management,
Vol.12 No.5,
May
16,
2022
ABSTRACT: The focus of this article is to show FIFA’s participation
as an actor in international relations through its governance actions. FIFA is
a transnational private entity that governs one of the most famous and
lucrative sports: football. First, we intend to demonstrate that FIFA acts
globally through its governance mechanism. Second, we try to understand its
actions from a broader perspective of global
governance and international power struggle among national states. After
that, we explore the following dilemmas: 1) although FIFA’s affiliates (the local football
confederations) are also private entities, its teams are seen as official
national representatives; 2) some
non-sovereign nations have FIFA’s recognition as members. Finally, we analyze
some contradictions in FIFA’s governance mechanism.