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The study of British politics has focused on the nation state as a self-contained entity. The globalisation thesis challenges this perspective. Nation states are seen as weak and irrelevant in the face of the power of footloose finance capital. This article explores the relevance of the globalisation thesis for the student of British politics. It argues that the frame of reference does need to embrace the impact of external constraints. But it is critical of the structuralism integral to the globalisation thesis because it robs politicians of control and responsibility at the same time as it minimises the importance of the domestic story.

The study of British politics has focused on the nation-state as a self-contained entity. The globalization thesis challenges this perspective. Nation-states are seen as weak & irrelevant in the face of the power of footloose finance capital. This article explores the relevance of the globalization thesis for the student of British politics. It argues that the frame of reference does need to embrace the impact of external constraints. But it is critical of the structuralism integral to the globalization thesis because it robs politicians of control & responsibility at the same time as it minimizes the importance of the domestic story. 58 References. Adapted from the source document.

One of the most persisting cleavages in the social sciences is the opposition between two lines of thought conveniently associated with Adam Smith and Emile Durkheim, between homo economicus and homo sociologicus. Of these, the former is supposed to be guided by instrumental rationality, while the behavior of the latter is dictated by social norms. The social sciences thrive on two intellectual traditions. One is founded on the triumphant rise of natural science since the sixteenth-century. The other is rooted in nineteenth-century ideas of history and the writing of history from the inside. (European Journal of Political Research / AuD)

At one time the study of politics centred on the state but for much of this century the emphasis has been on political behaviour and policy-making with governmental decisions explained as a response to societal forces. In the last decade or so, state-centric theorists have sought to bring the state back, arguing that it is more autonomous than society-centred theorists have suggested. I record the retreat of the state in the Anglo-American study of politics and the related rise of a particular kind of political science, going on to outline the more recent growth of a 'new institutionalism' which places the state at the very centre of political science. Bringing the state back in to the study of British politics must necessarily involve bringing the constitution back in but in ways that avoid the limitations of the constitutional approach and a narrow legalism.

Records the retreat of the state in the Anglo-American study of politics and outlines the more recent growth of a 'new institutionalism' which places the state at the very centre of political science. (Abstract amended)