Chris Abbott
Doctoral Candidate
He/Him
MA Political Science (Waterloo); HBA Political Science (Toronto)
Political Studies
Doctoral Candidate
Supervisors: Grant Amyot and Kyle Hanniman
Research Interests
My research interests lie in the field of comparative political economy. Specifically, I am interested in the politics of ideational and institutional change, the distributional consequences of particular economic policies, and the tensions between capitalism and democracy in the 21st century.
Brief Biography
Chris is a doctoral student in the Department of Political Studies at Queen鈥檚 University where he specializes in Comparative Politics and Canadian Politics. Chris has an MA in Political Science from the University of Waterloo, and an HBA in Political Science from the University of Toronto.
Awards
2018 鈥 Queen鈥檚 Graduate Award, Queen鈥檚 University, SGS
2018 鈥 Queen鈥檚 University Entrance Tuition Scholarship, Queen鈥檚 University, SGS
2016 鈥 The Society Scholarship, Criminology & Sociology Undergraduate Review, University of Toronto
Selected Publications
Abbott. 2017. 鈥淧rivatizing by Other Means: Corporatization and Public Water in Canadian Municipalities.鈥 Concordia Political Science Graduate Conference. Montreal, Quebec. April 10, 2017.
Abbott. 2015. 鈥淭he Future of Racial Profiling in Canada: Bill C-51 and Hereditary Guilt.鈥 Journal of The Royal Canadian Military Institute Vol. 75 No. 6.