Sport in Capitalist Society: A Short History by Collins, Tony: Very Good paperback (2013) 1st Protesting people with placards on a white background. Human activist... Capitalism And Sport: Politics, Protest, People And Play (English Millions of working class people watch or participate in 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 look at the origins of sport regulation, the impact of globalisation and the place of individual and collective resistance