Christopher Kam

Christopher Kam (Ph.D. Rochester, 2002): I study comparative political institutions, maintaining a special interest in the nature and evolution of parliamentary democracy. I have just finished a book on intra-party politics in parliamentary government and have written several papers on ministerial selection and cabinet reshuffles, a topic on which I continue to work. I am increasingly interested in the historical development of institutions, and this interest is reflected in my current research on the evolution of free and fair elections in Victorian Britain. My CV contains to several of my papers and replication data sets; the links below connect you to web pages for courses that I teach.

Recent Publications

Kam, C. Forthcoming. "Party Discipline." In K. Strom & S. Martin , eds. Oxford Handbook of Legislative Politics. Oxford UP.
Kam, C., W. Bianco, I. Sened, & Regina Smyth. 2010. "Ministerial Selection and Intraparty Organization in the Contemporary British Parliament." American Political Science Review 104: 289-306.
Kam, C. 2009. Party Discipline and Parliamentary Government. Cambridge University Press.
Indridason, I & C. Kam. 2008. "Cabinet Reshuffles & Ministerial Drift." British Journal of Political Science 38: 621-56.
Kam, C. 2006. "Demotion and Dissent in the Canadian Liberal Party." British Journal of Political Science 36: 561-74.
Kam, C. & I. Indridason. 2005. "The Timing of Cabinet Reshuffles in Five Westminster Parliamentary Systems." Legislative Studies Quarterly 30: 327-63.

Fall 2012 Teaching

May 2013:

POLI574A - Advanced Methods (A Short Course in MLE)

Sept - Dec 2013:

POLI333C* - Electoral Systems

POLI310* - Parliament & Party: The Strategy of Politics

Courses taught in other semesters:

POLI516B - Comparative Political Institutions

The University of British Columbia

Christopher Kam

Recent Publications

Fall 2012 Teaching

* Dr. Kam does NOT keep wait-lists for these classes.