{"product_id":"football-corruption-and-lies-9781138681774","title":"Football Corruption and Lies","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorld football is in crisis. The corruption scandal engulfing FIFA is arguably the biggest story in the history of modern sport and a watershed for sport governance. More than a decade ago, John Sugden and Alan Tomlinson laid the foundations for subsequent investigations with the publication of \u003ci\u003eBadfellas\u003c\/i\u003e, a groundbreaking work of critical sport sociology that exposed the systematic corruption at the heart of world football. It was a book that FIFA and Sepp Blatter tried to ban.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow re-issued to combine the original contents of \u003ci\u003eBadfellas\u003c\/i\u003e with new chapters covering the current crisis, this book points to the ways in which FIFA's new administration can learn from the Blatter story. The prequel traces the course of Sugden and Tomlinson's game-changing investigation into FIFA, while the sequel updates the FIFA story from 2002 onwards and provides a chronology of crises and scandals within the FIFA narrative.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDemonstrating the vital importance of critical investi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'A brave, evidenced and sustained account of the governing body of world football, FIFA. If you care about the fate of the most popular game in the world and want to understand what could be done to move on from 2015 read this book. Two of the most intrepid voices, who both understand how football can operate in the humanitarian arena, have re-issued and extended a book of uncommon power and uncompromising argument.' - \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eGrant Jarvie, former acting University Principal and Chair of Sport, University of Edinburgh, UK\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Long before the FBI swooped on FIFA, John Sugden and Alan Tomlinson were on the case. Combining critical sociology with gonzo journalism, they pursued corrupt and ethically bankrupt practices in association football’s governing body with the stubborn tenacity of ethnographically-inspired investigative newshounds. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis book documents the many twists and turns of a strange road trip, bringing their feisty 2003 book \u003ci\u003eBadfellas \u003c\/i\u003eback into the spotlight that FIFA’s lawyers had tried hard to extinguish. Detailing recent developments leading to the fall of the house of Blatter and his associates, the authors unflinchingly appraise the challenges facing genuine reformers of football governance.'\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eDavid Rowe, Professor of Cultural Research, Western Sydney University, Australia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Without the pioneering work and brilliant forensic journalism of \u003cem\u003eBadfellas\u003c\/em\u003e and their subsequent books, it is a frightening possibility that the discredited Blatter regime which blighted FIFA for so long, could still be in place. They started the ball rolling and all true lovers of the game should thank John Sugden and Alan Tomlinson for the part they played in exposing football’s greatest ever scandal.'\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eMike Collett, Reuters Global Soccer Editor, UK\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Long before FIFA became synonymous with an unsavory mélange of corruption and greed, John Sugden and Alan Tomlinson were on the case. In their pioneering and prescient book \u003ci\u003eFootball, Corruption and Lies: Revisiting ‘Badfellas’, the Book FIFA Tried to Ban, \u003c\/i\u003eSugden and Tomlinson take us on a rollicking ride through the grisly annals of FIFA, full of shady characters, backroom deals, and Machiavellian mayhem. Blending gumshoe investigative work with toothy sociological analysis, they untangle the history of brazen chicanery that paved a platinum-plated path for ‘Blattergate’ in 2015. Through a rich sequel and coda that detail the great unravel at FIFA in 2015, they bring us full circle, all the while sifting the sins from the spin. Sepp Blatter and his phalanx of lawyers tried to ban the original \u003ci\u003eBadfellas\u003c\/i\u003e from distribution in Switzerland, where FIFA is headquartered, but their heyday is passé. Sugden, Tomlinson, and their ilk have won the day. Insightful and incisive, \u003ci\u003eFootball, Corruption and Lies \u003c\/i\u003eis a must read for anyone interested in the history of FIFA’s profligacy, the modern-day malaise in which it is mired, and possible pathways forward.' - \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eJules Boykoff, Professor of Political Science, Pacific University in Oregon, USA\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'\u003cem\u003eFootball, Corruption and Lies\u003c\/em\u003e is a brilliant rejuvenation of \u003cem\u003eBadfellas\u003c\/em\u003e. In its original form, the book was a courageous exposé of the septic nature of FIFA’s leadership and governance. This updated rendition prompts reflection as to how such corruption flourished and, moreover, why it fell to a handful of academics and supportive journalists to reveal a festering underbelly of deceit, profiteering and bullying. The book’s new sections, which evaluate the fall from grace of Blatter and his acolytes, are just as poignant. With the \u003cem\u003eBadfellas\u003c\/em\u003e having been marched off by the FBI, FIFA is in no position to try to ban \u003cem\u003eFootball, Corruption and Lies\u003c\/em\u003e.' - \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDaryl Adair, Associate Professor of Sport Management, University of Technology Sydney, Australia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface to 2016 Edition\/Re-issue\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrequel: Badfellas Begins – Critical sociology and the purging of FIFA\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBadfellas: FIFA Family at War\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface [2003]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Blattergate - Blatter consolidates power \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. The Blazer-and-Slacks Brigade – FIFA’s amateur roots \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Goodbye, Colonel Blimp – Shifting political landscapes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. The Big Man - Havelange and the transformation of FIFA\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. The Predator and the Protégé – Doing the business for FIFA \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. The Bounty Hunter – The American way \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. The Big Boss – Eastern horizons\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. A Rumble in the Jungle – Johansson and the scramble for Africa\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9. From Protégé to President – Blatter takes the throne \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10. The Politics of the Belly – Garnering votes and gaining loyalty\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11. Tout Heaven – Tickets, markets and corruption\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12. The Best Club in the World – Cocooning the FIFA Family\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13. Bidding wars – Winners and losers in the World Cup hosting game\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14. The Terminator – Blatter cleans out FIFA House\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15. Fifaland – Imagining world football’s future\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSequel: Badfellas on the Run\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCoda: The End of a Dynasty - Badfellas re-formed?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcronyms\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCast List\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50577840636247,"sku":"9781138681774","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138681774.jpg?v=1746096890","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/football-corruption-and-lies-9781138681774","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}