Ebook: Capitalism and sport: politics, protest, people and play

Millions of working class people across the globe talk about, watch or participate in a range of sports, and yet sport is shaped by the drives and contradictions of capitalism. The essays in this collection focus on the politics of, and politics in, sport. They cover football, rugby, cricket, cycling, athletics, boxing and tennis; look at the origins of sport regulation, the impact of globalisation and the place of individual and collective resistance within the world of sport.