Globalisation literature neglects domestic class politics and the national economy as important variables. Although the importance of nation-states is accepted they are viewed with the assumption that the global economy is the determining factor in state policies. However class conflict or class alliances involving the state, national capital and the organised working class are vital in explaining the timing and process of globalisation, and national economies remain the most important spaces in the global economy. The global economy must be understood as always displaying an international and national element.
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