Peter Kerr

Who is Peter Kerr?

Peter Kerr is a Scottish political scientist. He is a senior lecturer at the University of Birmingham where he specializes in British politics, as well as political sociology, state theory and theories of social and political change. Kerr is a Senior Lecturer in Politics. He specialises and teaches in the area of British politics, with a particular focus on governmental strategies, UK political parties, political leadership and ideology in the UK and, changes and continuities in British political institutions and public policy since 1945.

Kerr's most important work is Postwar British Politics: From Conflict to Consensus which has proven a hit for students with its quirky style. In the text, Kerr challenges conventional views of British politics. He was the protégé of Colin Hay and David Marsh, who are the leading lights on the British political science scene.

Kerr is a co-editor of the journal British Politics published by Palgrave Macmillan.