abstract:Margaret Archer (born 20 January 1943) spent most of her academic career at the University of Warwick, UK, where she was for many years Professor of Sociology. She is now a professor at l'Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland.
In Britain, Jonathan Aitken and Jeffrey Archer, two members of former prime minister Margaret Thatcher's government, have both served time behind bars for perjury.