Tim Fowler
Biographic Data
| ID | 3673735 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tim Fowler |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tim |
| FAMILY NAME | Fowler |
| SIGNATURE | FOWLER T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bristol |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0378-0631 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Understanding the nature and importance of the parent-child relationship
The paper considers the role of parents and the nature of the parent-child relationship. It argues that scholars who have emphasised the agency and independence of children have faced a problem conceptualizing the parental role, since parents can often seem a threat to these ideals. We propose a relational understanding of the parental role, and show how it offers a significant but relationally mediated understanding of children’s agency. The pap…
The Minors Strike: Reflections on the Limits and Legitimacy of Children's Political Action
This article considers the morality of children's activism, in particular via participation in political protests. In Section 3 of the article I consider whether children can be competent to engage in activism. I argue that even if we believe children are not competent to vote it will still be true that many children are indeed competent to engage in activism. In Section 4 I consider the wellbeing effects of activism on children. I argue that pol…
Good normative parenting: Towards a non-teleological and relational ideal
Parenting seems to be continually in the spotlight for political and social commentators. Meanwhile academic and practitioner work on children and child welfare explores how parents can best deliver for children as what parents do is seen as the route to a happy and successful childhood and future adulthood. This theoretical paper argues that a focus on outcomes for children has led to the role of parents being overstated and its significance mis…
Liberalism, Childhood and Justice: Ethical Issues in Upbringing
What Is a Family and Why Does It Matter
The family is increasingly a site of political intervention as a locus of pervasive social inequalities and a potential resource for resolving injustices. Contemporary political theory has engaged in extensive debate about what justice in the family requires, but rather less on how family is understood: ethicists have tended to use placeholder definitions which dismiss the need to engage with real-world practices. We show that this is problematic…
When Neglect Isn’t Working Anymore: The Unlikely Success of the Tuxedo Party
In 2012, Tuxedo Stan, a domestic long-hair cat, “ran for mayor” of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and a year later Stan’s brother, Earl Grey, “ran for premier” of Nova Scotia. What separated Stan and Earl Grey (who ran under the banner of the Tuxedo Party) from other politically minded felines was that the Tuxedo Party campaigns were not stunt or joke campaigns. While the cats could obviously not take office, the two campaigns were nonetheless political a…
Perfectionism for children, anti-perfectionism for adults
This paper explores the debate between perfectionists and anti-perfectionists in the context of children. It suggests that the most influential and compelling arguments in favour of anti-perfectionism are adult-centric. It does this by considering four leading reasons given in favour of anti-perfectionism and shows that none apply in the case of children. In so doing, the paper defends a perfectionist account of upbringing from the attacks made a…
Liking” Your Union: Unions and New Social Media during Election Campaigns
The authors examine the use of new social media (NSM) by Canadian unions during electoral campaigns. The use of NSM by unions is emerging in Canada, and the authors study the 2011 federal and provincial elections, arguably the first time Canadian unions used NSM as part of their electoral strategies. The authors show that unions with close partisan ties to the New Democratic Party are more likely to embrace NSM as an electoral tactic than unions …
Coordinated Strategic Voting in the 2008 Federal Election
In the 2008 federal election there were many attempts to coordinate strategic voting. Rather than treating voting as an individual action, groups attempted to coordinate voters into defeating the incumbent Conservative government. This article focuses on the strategies of two of the groups in question: the Canadian Auto Workers campaign and Danny Williams' “Anything But Conservative” campaign. The article outlines what is required for a successfu…
New Trade Union Activism: Class Consciousness or Social Identity? , by Sian Moore
Does fighting back still matter? The Canadian autoworkers, capitalist crisis and confrontation
This article examines the round of collective bargaining that took place between the Canadian Autoworkers (CAW), Canada's largest private-sector union, and the 'Big Three' auto manufacturers (Ford, Chrysler, and General Motors) during the most recent crisis of capitalism (sometimes popularly referred to as the 'Great Recession'). During this round of bargaining, the union made concessions in order to secure production; the article argues what whi…
The limits of civic education: The divergent implications of political and comprehensive liberalism
Education has become one of the foremost arenas in which political liberals attempt to differentiate their account from that of comprehensive liberals. Rawls posits that the requirements of his theory, as laid out in Political Liberalism, will be far less stringent than those of liberals such as Kant, Mill or Joseph Raz. However, a number of influential theorists, most notably Amy Gutmann and Eamonn Callan, have argued that this divergence occurs…
Working for the Clampdown: How the Canadian State Exploits Economic Crises to Restrict Labour Freedoms
This market-making role of states is reflected in Tim Fowler’s “Working for the Clampdown: How the Canadian State Exploits Economic Crises to Restrict Labour Freedoms.” He presents an argument, based on a case study of the 2007–09 CAW automobile negotiations, that the Canadian state intervened, to a remarkable degree, to coerce the union into signing a concessionary collective agreement
Liking” Your Union: Unions and New Social Media during Election Campaigns
The authors examine the use of new social media (NSM) by Canadian unions during electoral campaigns. The use of NSM by unions is emerging in Canada, and the authors study the 2011 federal and provincial elections, arguably the first time Canadian unions used NSM as part of their electoral strategies. The authors show that unions with close partisan ties to the New Democratic Party are more likely to embrace NSM as an electoral tactic than unions …
What Is a Family and Why Does It Matter
The family is increasingly a site of political intervention as a locus of pervasive social inequalities and a potential resource for resolving injustices. Contemporary political theory has engaged in extensive debate about what justice in the family requires, but rather less on how family is understood: ethicists have tended to use placeholder definitions which dismiss the need to engage with real-world practices. We show that this is problematic…
Good normative parenting: Towards a non-teleological and relational ideal
Parenting seems to be continually in the spotlight for political and social commentators. Meanwhile academic and practitioner work on children and child welfare explores how parents can best deliver for children as what parents do is seen as the route to a happy and successful childhood and future adulthood. This theoretical paper argues that a focus on outcomes for children has led to the role of parents being overstated and its significance mis…
Does fighting back still matter? The Canadian autoworkers, capitalist crisis and confrontation
This article examines the round of collective bargaining that took place between the Canadian Autoworkers (CAW), Canada's largest private-sector union, and the 'Big Three' auto manufacturers (Ford, Chrysler, and General Motors) during the most recent crisis of capitalism (sometimes popularly referred to as the 'Great Recession'). During this round of bargaining, the union made concessions in order to secure production; the article argues what whi…
The limits of civic education: The divergent implications of political and comprehensive liberalism
Education has become one of the foremost arenas in which political liberals attempt to differentiate their account from that of comprehensive liberals. Rawls posits that the requirements of his theory, as laid out in Political Liberalism, will be far less stringent than those of liberals such as Kant, Mill or Joseph Raz. However, a number of influential theorists, most notably Amy Gutmann and Eamonn Callan, have argued that this divergence occurs…
Working for the Clampdown: How the Canadian State Exploits Economic Crises to Restrict Labour Freedoms
This market-making role of states is reflected in Tim Fowler’s “Working for the Clampdown: How the Canadian State Exploits Economic Crises to Restrict Labour Freedoms.” He presents an argument, based on a case study of the 2007–09 CAW automobile negotiations, that the Canadian state intervened, to a remarkable degree, to coerce the union into signing a concessionary collective agreement
Coordinated Strategic Voting in the 2008 Federal Election
In the 2008 federal election there were many attempts to coordinate strategic voting. Rather than treating voting as an individual action, groups attempted to coordinate voters into defeating the incumbent Conservative government. This article focuses on the strategies of two of the groups in question: the Canadian Auto Workers campaign and Danny Williams' “Anything But Conservative” campaign. The article outlines what is required for a successfu…
New Trade Union Activism: Class Consciousness or Social Identity? , by Sian Moore
Does fighting back still matter? The Canadian autoworkers, capitalist crisis and confrontation
This article examines the round of collective bargaining that took place between the Canadian Autoworkers (CAW), Canada's largest private-sector union, and the 'Big Three' auto manufacturers (Ford, Chrysler, and General Motors) during the most recent crisis of capitalism (sometimes popularly referred to as the 'Great Recession'). During this round of bargaining, the union made concessions in order to secure production; the article argues what whi…
Liking” Your Union: Unions and New Social Media during Election Campaigns
The authors examine the use of new social media (NSM) by Canadian unions during electoral campaigns. The use of NSM by unions is emerging in Canada, and the authors study the 2011 federal and provincial elections, arguably the first time Canadian unions used NSM as part of their electoral strategies. The authors show that unions with close partisan ties to the New Democratic Party are more likely to embrace NSM as an electoral tactic than unions …
Perfectionism for children, anti-perfectionism for adults
This paper explores the debate between perfectionists and anti-perfectionists in the context of children. It suggests that the most influential and compelling arguments in favour of anti-perfectionism are adult-centric. It does this by considering four leading reasons given in favour of anti-perfectionism and shows that none apply in the case of children. In so doing, the paper defends a perfectionist account of upbringing from the attacks made a…
When Neglect Isn’t Working Anymore: The Unlikely Success of the Tuxedo Party
In 2012, Tuxedo Stan, a domestic long-hair cat, “ran for mayor” of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and a year later Stan’s brother, Earl Grey, “ran for premier” of Nova Scotia. What separated Stan and Earl Grey (who ran under the banner of the Tuxedo Party) from other politically minded felines was that the Tuxedo Party campaigns were not stunt or joke campaigns. While the cats could obviously not take office, the two campaigns were nonetheless political a…
Liberalism, Childhood and Justice: Ethical Issues in Upbringing
What Is a Family and Why Does It Matter
The family is increasingly a site of political intervention as a locus of pervasive social inequalities and a potential resource for resolving injustices. Contemporary political theory has engaged in extensive debate about what justice in the family requires, but rather less on how family is understood: ethicists have tended to use placeholder definitions which dismiss the need to engage with real-world practices. We show that this is problematic…
Good normative parenting: Towards a non-teleological and relational ideal
Parenting seems to be continually in the spotlight for political and social commentators. Meanwhile academic and practitioner work on children and child welfare explores how parents can best deliver for children as what parents do is seen as the route to a happy and successful childhood and future adulthood. This theoretical paper argues that a focus on outcomes for children has led to the role of parents being overstated and its significance mis…
The Minors Strike: Reflections on the Limits and Legitimacy of Children's Political Action
This article considers the morality of children's activism, in particular via participation in political protests. In Section 3 of the article I consider whether children can be competent to engage in activism. I argue that even if we believe children are not competent to vote it will still be true that many children are indeed competent to engage in activism. In Section 4 I consider the wellbeing effects of activism on children. I argue that pol…
Understanding the nature and importance of the parent-child relationship
The paper considers the role of parents and the nature of the parent-child relationship. It argues that scholars who have emphasised the agency and independence of children have faced a problem conceptualizing the parental role, since parents can often seem a threat to these ideals. We propose a relational understanding of the parental role, and show how it offers a significant but relationally mediated understanding of children’s agency. The pap…
Law (11 works) · Political science (11 works) · Politics (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Economics (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Political economy (4 works) · Children's Rights and Participation (3 works) · Environmental ethics (3 works)