Party leaders therefore rely on a mixture of strategies to offset these electoral pressures from offering mps advancement to threatening discipline and ultimately relying on a long run process of. Party discipline and parliamentary politics party discipline in westminster systems a variety of different theoretical approaches to explaining party discipline mps and their constituents one of kams most interesting findings is almost a by product of his actual thesis he conclusions the . In this c cambridge university press wwwcambridgeorg cambridge university press 978 0 521 51829 1 party discipline and parliamentary politics christopher j kam excerpt more information introduction 9 sense it ignites a simmering collective action problem in the party docherty 1997 pp 169 70 one that undermines the electoral pro spects of loyal mps who are stuck supporting an unpopular or con tentious party policy and sends a signal of disunity and disorganization to voters. Party discipline and parliamentary politics party discipline and parliamentary politics party discipline and parliamentary politics get access buy the print book check if you have access via personal or institutional login log in register cited by 194 cited by 194 crossref citations. Party discipline and parliamentary politics kam christopher j amazoncomau books skip to main contentcomau hello select your address books hello sign in account lists account returns orders cart all best sellers new releases prime customer