THE 1986 WORLD CUP AND POLITICAL LEGITIMACY DURING MEXICO’S “LOST DECADE”

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Pliego Campos, N. (2017). THE 1986 WORLD CUP AND POLITICAL LEGITIMACY DURING MEXICO’S “LOST DECADE”. Unc Charlotte Electronic Theses And Dissertations.
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Abstract

Using newspapers from Mexico City, Ciudad Nezahualcotyl, Queretaro, and other cities throughout Mexico and outside of Mexico alongside official documents and publications, I argue that the Mexican government led by President Miguel de la Madrid supported the bid for the 1986 World Cup during the "Lost Decade" in order to hold onto popular support and as an attempt to present a stable Mexico to the world. I also demonstrate that popular criticism against the government’s decision to support the bid used soccer jargon and imagery to construct their arguments.

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Author

Pliego Campos, Noe

Title

THE 1986 WORLD CUP AND POLITICAL LEGITIMACY DURING MEXICO’S “LOST DECADE”

Physical Description

1 online resource (108 pages) : PDF

Date

2017

Degree Granting Institution

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Abstract

Using newspapers from Mexico City, Ciudad Nezahualcotyl, Queretaro, and other cities throughout Mexico and outside of Mexico alongside official documents and publications, I argue that the Mexican government led by President Miguel de la Madrid supported the bid for the 1986 World Cup during the "Lost Decade" in order to hold onto popular support and as an attempt to present a stable Mexico to the world. I also demonstrate that popular criticism against the government’s decision to support the bid used soccer jargon and imagery to construct their arguments.

Genre

masters theses

Subjects--Topics

History

Subjects--Places

Latin America

Degree

M.A.

Keywords

1986 World Cup
FIFA
Lost Decade
Mexico
President Miguel De La Madrid
Soccer

Subject Area

Latin American Studies

Advisor(s)

Buchenau, Jurgen

Committee Members

Soliz, Carmen
Weeks, Gregory

Degree Note

Thesis (M.A.)--University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2017.

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