Robin Archer
Biographic Data
| ID | 3580912 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robin Archer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robin |
| FAMILY NAME | Archer |
| SIGNATURE | ARCHER R |
| AFFILIATIONS | London School of Economics and Political Science |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1956 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Appeal to Honour and the Decision for War
The outbreak of the First World War is one of the great formative events of modern times. Yet during its centenary, there was surprisingly little attention to how uncertain entry into the war was in the English-speaking world or how finely balanced the forces for and against intervention were. This article examines the role of appeals to honour in the decision for war. It begins by exploring the role of these appeals in convincing radical liberal…
Frontiers of Labor: Comparative Histories of the United States and Australia
Liberty and Loyalty: The Great War and Labour's Conscription Dilemma
A unique struggle over conscription was a defining characteristic of the Australian experience of the Great War. The labour movement was at the center of opposition to conscription, and arguments from liberty were central to its stance. But anti‐conscriptionists had to make their arguments in an environment shaped by powerful competing appeals to loyalty. This article examines the ways in which labour anti‐conscriptionists sought to minimise the …
Stopping War and Stopping Conscription: Australian Labour's Response to World War I in Comparative Perspective
In the early twentieth century, the labour movement was the most important force seeking to prevent war and restrain militarism. Comparison of the Australian labour movement's response to World War I has been rare, but it shows the Australian experience was distinctive in two ways. Elsewhere, socialist and labour leaders engaged in a frantic round of efforts to stop the war prior to its outbreak, although most soon abandoned their opposition once…
From an aristocratic anachronism to a democratic dilemma: An elected House of Lords and the lessons from Australia
The British government recently proposed to replace the House of Lords with an upper house that is largely elected by proportional representation. Could such a reform paradoxically pose a threat to Westminster-style democracy? Australian experience provides one of the best guides to the likely consequences. Australia not only has over 100 years experience of an elected federal Senate, but it also has over 150 years experience of upper house refor…
The state and its unions: Reassessing the antecedents, development, and consequences of New Deal labor law
A new order of labour relations lay at the heart of the New Deal. This article seeks to re-evaluate a well-known heterodox argument about why this order emerged and an associated critique of its consequences that has now influenced our understanding of the New Deal for over a quarter of a century. It examines the impact of adopting different notions of pluralism as well as different comparative reference points. It considers the effects of judici…
The lost world of American conservatism: The Party of Order and the Fear of Freedom
It is frequently argued that the political culture of the US has been dominated by liberal values. Yet there is good evidence that the American state has been particularly prone to sanction the use of violence against its own subjects. Violence was directed not only against those who were deemed ethnic or racial outsiders but also—more perplexingly—against insiders, like white workers. How can this be explained? This article suggests that, contra…
Why Is There No Labor Party in the United States?
Why is the United States the only advanced capitalist country with no labor party? This question is one of the great enduring puzzles of political development, and it lies at the heart of a fundamental debate about the nature of society. Tackling this debate head-on, Robin Archer puts forward a new explanation for why there is no labor party--an explanation that suggests that much of the conventional wisdom about American exceptionalism is untena…
Freedom, Democracy, and Capitalism: Ethics and Employee Participation
Ever since the Enlightenment, if not before, the idea of individual freedom has provided a basic ethical reference point against which the legitimacy of social and political institutions has been judged. This article appeals to an idea that is often thought to be a necessary element of the concept of freedom and which has a strong intuitive appeal. The idea, that an individual can only be free to the extent that his or her choices govern his or h…
Seymour Martin Lipset and political sociology1
Why is There No Labor Party in the United States
American Liberalism and Labour Politics: Labour Leaders and Liberty Language in Late Nineteenth Century Australia and the United States
It has long been argued that the prevalence of liberal values is one of the main reasons why there is no labour party in the United States. This article seeks to reassess these arguments by comparing the United States with Australia, where the influence of liberal values was also strong. It focuses on the early 1890s, when Australian unionists established an electorally successful labour party, and when their American counterparts came closest to…
Does Repression Help to Create Labor Parties? The Effect of Police and Military Intervention on Unions in the United States and Australia
There are a number of theories which argue that repression can help to explain why no labor party was established in the United States. These theories fall into two groups. In one group are versions of the soft repression thesis. In the other are versions of the hard repression thesis. These two theses contradict each other in basic respects
Secularism and sectarianism in India and the West: What are the real lessons of American history
Much of the Indian debate about secularism is built around what seem to be commonsense assumptions about India and the West. But a close look at the impact of Protestant Puritanism on the relationship between religion and politics in the United States suggests that these assumptions are mistaken. Far from having fundamentally different experiences, there are some striking similarities between India and the United States: similarities that draw at…
Unions, Courts, and Parties: Judicial Repression and Labor Politics in Late Nineteenth-Century America
The Philosophical Case for Economic Democracy
Economic Democracy: The Politics of Feasible Socialism
This book argues that socialism could return to the centre of political life in the advanced capitalist countries by pursuing the goal of economic democracy. But the book is not just directed at socialists. For its principal aim is to convince socialists and non-socialists alike that there is both a strong moral case for economic democracy and a feasible strategy for achieving it. Robin Archer defines economic democracy as a system in which firms…
Caesar in Egypt
Journal Article CAESAR IN EGYPT Get access Robin Archer Robin Archer Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 55, Issue 219, April 1956, Page 157, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a094398 Published: 01 April 1956
Secularism and sectarianism in India and the West: What are the real lessons of American history
Much of the Indian debate about secularism is built around what seem to be commonsense assumptions about India and the West. But a close look at the impact of Protestant Puritanism on the relationship between religion and politics in the United States suggests that these assumptions are mistaken. Far from having fundamentally different experiences, there are some striking similarities between India and the United States: similarities that draw at…
From an aristocratic anachronism to a democratic dilemma: An elected House of Lords and the lessons from Australia
The British government recently proposed to replace the House of Lords with an upper house that is largely elected by proportional representation. Could such a reform paradoxically pose a threat to Westminster-style democracy? Australian experience provides one of the best guides to the likely consequences. Australia not only has over 100 years experience of an elected federal Senate, but it also has over 150 years experience of upper house refor…
Unions, Courts, and Parties: Judicial Repression and Labor Politics in Late Nineteenth-Century America
Seymour Martin Lipset and political sociology1
Does Repression Help to Create Labor Parties? The Effect of Police and Military Intervention on Unions in the United States and Australia
There are a number of theories which argue that repression can help to explain why no labor party was established in the United States. These theories fall into two groups. In one group are versions of the soft repression thesis. In the other are versions of the hard repression thesis. These two theses contradict each other in basic respects
Caesar in Egypt
Journal Article CAESAR IN EGYPT Get access Robin Archer Robin Archer Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 55, Issue 219, April 1956, Page 157, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a094398 Published: 01 April 1956
The Philosophical Case for Economic Democracy
Economic Democracy: The Politics of Feasible Socialism
This book argues that socialism could return to the centre of political life in the advanced capitalist countries by pursuing the goal of economic democracy. But the book is not just directed at socialists. For its principal aim is to convince socialists and non-socialists alike that there is both a strong moral case for economic democracy and a feasible strategy for achieving it. Robin Archer defines economic democracy as a system in which firms…
Unions, Courts, and Parties: Judicial Repression and Labor Politics in Late Nineteenth-Century America
Does Repression Help to Create Labor Parties? The Effect of Police and Military Intervention on Unions in the United States and Australia
There are a number of theories which argue that repression can help to explain why no labor party was established in the United States. These theories fall into two groups. In one group are versions of the soft repression thesis. In the other are versions of the hard repression thesis. These two theses contradict each other in basic respects
Secularism and sectarianism in India and the West: What are the real lessons of American history
Much of the Indian debate about secularism is built around what seem to be commonsense assumptions about India and the West. But a close look at the impact of Protestant Puritanism on the relationship between religion and politics in the United States suggests that these assumptions are mistaken. Far from having fundamentally different experiences, there are some striking similarities between India and the United States: similarities that draw at…
American Liberalism and Labour Politics: Labour Leaders and Liberty Language in Late Nineteenth Century Australia and the United States
It has long been argued that the prevalence of liberal values is one of the main reasons why there is no labour party in the United States. This article seeks to reassess these arguments by comparing the United States with Australia, where the influence of liberal values was also strong. It focuses on the early 1890s, when Australian unionists established an electorally successful labour party, and when their American counterparts came closest to…
Why is There No Labor Party in the United States
Why Is There No Labor Party in the United States?
Why is the United States the only advanced capitalist country with no labor party? This question is one of the great enduring puzzles of political development, and it lies at the heart of a fundamental debate about the nature of society. Tackling this debate head-on, Robin Archer puts forward a new explanation for why there is no labor party--an explanation that suggests that much of the conventional wisdom about American exceptionalism is untena…
Freedom, Democracy, and Capitalism: Ethics and Employee Participation
Ever since the Enlightenment, if not before, the idea of individual freedom has provided a basic ethical reference point against which the legitimacy of social and political institutions has been judged. This article appeals to an idea that is often thought to be a necessary element of the concept of freedom and which has a strong intuitive appeal. The idea, that an individual can only be free to the extent that his or her choices govern his or h…
Seymour Martin Lipset and political sociology1
From an aristocratic anachronism to a democratic dilemma: An elected House of Lords and the lessons from Australia
The British government recently proposed to replace the House of Lords with an upper house that is largely elected by proportional representation. Could such a reform paradoxically pose a threat to Westminster-style democracy? Australian experience provides one of the best guides to the likely consequences. Australia not only has over 100 years experience of an elected federal Senate, but it also has over 150 years experience of upper house refor…
The state and its unions: Reassessing the antecedents, development, and consequences of New Deal labor law
A new order of labour relations lay at the heart of the New Deal. This article seeks to re-evaluate a well-known heterodox argument about why this order emerged and an associated critique of its consequences that has now influenced our understanding of the New Deal for over a quarter of a century. It examines the impact of adopting different notions of pluralism as well as different comparative reference points. It considers the effects of judici…
The lost world of American conservatism: The Party of Order and the Fear of Freedom
It is frequently argued that the political culture of the US has been dominated by liberal values. Yet there is good evidence that the American state has been particularly prone to sanction the use of violence against its own subjects. Violence was directed not only against those who were deemed ethnic or racial outsiders but also—more perplexingly—against insiders, like white workers. How can this be explained? This article suggests that, contra…
Stopping War and Stopping Conscription: Australian Labour's Response to World War I in Comparative Perspective
In the early twentieth century, the labour movement was the most important force seeking to prevent war and restrain militarism. Comparison of the Australian labour movement's response to World War I has been rare, but it shows the Australian experience was distinctive in two ways. Elsewhere, socialist and labour leaders engaged in a frantic round of efforts to stop the war prior to its outbreak, although most soon abandoned their opposition once…
Frontiers of Labor: Comparative Histories of the United States and Australia
Liberty and Loyalty: The Great War and Labour's Conscription Dilemma
A unique struggle over conscription was a defining characteristic of the Australian experience of the Great War. The labour movement was at the center of opposition to conscription, and arguments from liberty were central to its stance. But anti‐conscriptionists had to make their arguments in an environment shaped by powerful competing appeals to loyalty. This article examines the ways in which labour anti‐conscriptionists sought to minimise the …
The Appeal to Honour and the Decision for War
The outbreak of the First World War is one of the great formative events of modern times. Yet during its centenary, there was surprisingly little attention to how uncertain entry into the war was in the English-speaking world or how finely balanced the forces for and against intervention were. This article examines the role of appeals to honour in the decision for war. It begins by exploring the role of these appeals in convincing radical liberal…
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