The election to the FIFA presidency in 1974 through the prism of international relations: the Cold War, historical agency and the question of the “two Chinas”.
Burlamaqui, Luiz Guilherme
The election to the FIFA presidency in 1974 through the prism of international relations: the Cold War, historical agency and the question of the “two Chinas”. - 2023.
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This article analyses the history of João Havelange’s election to the FIFA presidency as a political window to understand a broader theoretical issue: do sports diplomatic relations follow the international relations between Nation-States? In this instance, the main competitors, Havelange and Rous, made decisions that seemed to contradict the aspirations of their respective countries’ foreign policies, Brazil and England. Therefore, to understand the attitudes of Rous and Havelange, it is necessary to examine the political arrangements within FIFA.
The election to the FIFA presidency in 1974 through the prism of international relations: the Cold War, historical agency and the question of the “two Chinas”. - 2023.
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This article analyses the history of João Havelange’s election to the FIFA presidency as a political window to understand a broader theoretical issue: do sports diplomatic relations follow the international relations between Nation-States? In this instance, the main competitors, Havelange and Rous, made decisions that seemed to contradict the aspirations of their respective countries’ foreign policies, Brazil and England. Therefore, to understand the attitudes of Rous and Havelange, it is necessary to examine the political arrangements within FIFA.
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