The Democracy Institute is a

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based in

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, and London. It was founded in 2006.Democracy Institute
About Us
, accessed 8 August 2010 According to the

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's Tobacco Tactics project the institute has taken part in pro-tobacco activities and has previously received funding from the tobacco industry. On its website the Institute says that "We commonly address public policy in comparative terms. Many of our research projects, therefore, have a transatlantic or international flavor. We are currently conducting and commissioning work in the following areas: democratization; education policy; electoral studies; the European Union; fiscal studies; health care; international relations; obesity; and the regulation of risk." The institute's founding Director,

Patrick Basham Patrick Basham is a former adjunct scholar and senior fellow of the Cato Institute, and the founding Director (in 2006) of the Democracy Institute.Cato InstitutePatrick Basham accessed 8 August 2010 Basham was previously the founding director of t ...

, is a former adjunct scholar with the

Cato Institute The Cato Institute is an American libertarian think tank headquartered in Washington, D.C. It was founded in 1977 by Ed Crane, Murray Rothbard, and Charles Koch, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Koch Industries.Koch ...

Patrick Basham
accessed 8 August 2010 and was previously the founding director of the Social Affairs Center at the Canadian

Fraser Institute The Fraser Institute is a Canadian Conservatism in Canada, conservative public policy think tank registered as a Charitable organization, charity. It is headquartered in Vancouver, with additional offices in Calgary, Toronto, and Montreal. It has ...

. The institute's Advisory Council includes Chris Edwards, Christopher Preble and Marian Tupy of the Cato Institute, Martin Zelder of

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and

Ivan Eland Ivan Eland (; born February 23, 1958) is an American defense analyst and writer. He is a Senior Fellow and Director of the Center on Peace and Liberty at the Independent Institute. Eland's writings generally propose libertarian and non-interventio ...

of the

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Nigel Ashford Nigel Ashford (born 1952) is a British-born, U.S.-based academic and author, primarily in the field of politics. He serves as the Senior Programs Officer at the Institute for Humane Studies. Career Ashford was a Professor of Politics at Stafford ...

of the

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is also a member of the council as is Jeannie Cameron, who was formerly employed by

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. Jeremy Lott, formerly of the

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, is a Senior Fellow. A 2006 Democracy Institute book by then Senior Fellow

John Luik John C. Luik was a senior fellow of the Democracy Institute. A Rhodes Scholar attached to Hertford College at the University of Oxford, he was a Senior Associate of the Niagara Institute (an affiliate of the Conference Board of Canada) with respon ...

on ''Why Graphic Warnings Don't Work'' was acknowledged as being "made possible by funding provided by

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Group PLC".John Luik (2006),
A Picture of Health? Why Graphic Warnings Don't Work
", Democracy Institute

External links

Institute website (domain for sale)
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'', 26 November 2006
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References

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