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

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Career

Ashford was a Professor of Politics at

Staffordshire University , mottoeng = Dare to know , type = Public , endowment = £70 million (2015) , administrative_staff = 1,375 , chancellor = Francis Fitzherbert, 15th Baron Stafford , vice_chancellor = Professor Martin Jones , ...

, where he was also a Jean Monnet Scholar. He served as the Director the Principles of a Free Society Project at the

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in Sweden. He was a recipient of the International Anthony Fisher Trust Prize. Ashford serves as the Senior Programs Officer at the

. He also served on the Advisory Council of the

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Bibliography

* ''US Politics Today'' (1999) * ''Public Policy and the Impact of the New Right'' (1994) * ''A Dictionary of Conservative and Libertarian Thought'' (1991)

References

Living people Academics of Staffordshire University British political scientists 1952 births {{UK-academic-bio-stub