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	Demos (UK think tank) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Demos is an influential left-wing think tank based in the United Kingdom.
		Between 1998 and 2006, under Director Tom Bentley, it moved away from being just a think tank and an increasing part of its workload was described as 'public interest consultancy'.
		Demos works with a number of partners including government departments, public sector agencies and charities.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Demos_(UK_think_tank) (319 words)

	Think tank Summary
		Think tanks form a knowledge-based network that engages with new ideas, promotes their dissemination, and contributes to the shaping of political debate and public policy.
		A think tank is a research institute, other organization or informal group providing advice and ideas on any aspect of future planning and strategy - for example issues of policy, commerce, and military interest, and are often associated with military laboratories, corporations, academia, or other institutions.
		There are also centrist and nonpartisan think tanks such as the Brookings Institution, a well respected center-left organization, the Cato Institute, a libertarian or "free-market liberal" think tank, and the Mises Institute, focusing on economic education.
	www.bookrags.com /Think_tank (2774 words)

	Think tanks - SourceWatch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In reality, many think tanks are little more than public relations fronts, usually headquartered in state or national seats of government and generating self-serving scholarship that serves the advocacy goals of their industry sponsors; in the words of Yellow Times.org columnist John Chuckman, "phony institutes where ideologue~propagandists pose as academics...
		A think tank's resident experts carry titles such as "senior fellow" or "adjunct scholar," but this does not necessarily mean that they even possess an academic degree in their area of claimed expertise.
		Think tanks are like universities minus the students and minus the systems of peer review and other mechanisms that academia uses to promote diversity of thought.
	www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Think_tanks (2060 words)

	Think Tanks (Gotham Gazette. March 29, 2003)
		Frum left the Bush administration for another think tank soon after -- some say as a result of a mass e-mail by his wife expressing her "wifely pride" at her husband's previously anonymous authorship of the phrase.
		The concept of "pre-emptive war" was pushed by another think tank, the Project for a New Century, and the New York based Council on Foreign Relations was developing plans for post-war Iraq months before the first bombs hit Baghdad.
		The survey found that 48 percent of media citations of think tanks were from right-leaning groups, 36 percent from centrist groups, and 16 percent from groups that lean left.
	www.gothamgazette.com /article/20030329/200/332 (2843 words)

	Blue sky thinking - or just plain barmy? \| The Guardian \| Guardian Unlimited
		This rather bizarre recommendation was published by Demos, the thinktank that is paid to come up with policies, ideas and wheezes, and has long been in the habit of chucking forth headline-grabbing proposals.
		Demos was established in 1993 by Geoff Mulgan, who would go on to head the Policy Unit at 10 Downing Street, and Martin Jacques, the occasional Guardian columnist and ex-editor of the 80s magazine Marxism Today.
		Mulgan proudly claims that Demos has played a key in pushing a whole range of issues and ideas on to the national agenda, including "social exclusion, welfare-to-work, joined-up government, work-life flexibility, a strategy for our cities, personalisation in health and education".
	www.guardian.co.uk /g2/story/0,,1797573,00.html (1302 words)

	Think Tank Recording Studio.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Think Tank has some of the same gear found in major commercial studios and the expertise to use it.
		While Think Tank is perfectly capable and experienced at handling full length releases many clients use the studio to record music for label submission, promotion, booking, and sales.
		Think Tank Recording Studio® was constructed during the months of November 2002 through June 2003.
	members.aol.com /thinktankrecord/about.htm (557 words)

	Western Resistance: UK: Why Did Pro-Islamist Leave Government Think-Tank?
		Demos is a group which is said to be behind most of Tony Blair's policies - it has an undoubted influence upon policy formation.
		She took up the reins at Demos shortly before the furor erupted over the wearing of Muslim face-veils, and before the policy volte-face on Islamism, which had previously been tolerated and even encouraged.
		A statement from Demos read: "Since it has emerged that her vision for Demos is incompatible with that of the trustees, she has decided to focus on her interests as a writer and a thinker at this point in her career."
	www.westernresistance.com /blog/archives/003315.html (1006 words)

	Think tank - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A think tank is an organization, institute, corporation, or group that conducts research, typically funded by governmental and commercial clients, in the areas of social or political strategy, technology, and armament.
		Some think tanks are clearly aligned with conservative or libertarian approaches to the economy (The Cato Institute, for example), while others, especially those with an emphasis on progressive social and environmental reforms are viewed as more liberal or left-of-center.
		Other think tanks include Brookings Institution, a center-left organization, the Cato Institute, a libertarian or "free-market liberal" think tank, the Atlantic Council of the United States and Center for Strategic and International Studies, non-partisan foreign policy-oriented organizations, the Institute for Collaborative Engagement, a non-partisan internationally-focused organization, and the Mises Institute, focusing on libertarian economic education.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Think_tank (2610 words)

	Conservative Future - Issues - The Shady Waters of the Think Tank
		Surely think tanks cannot retain their political objectivity if they are being paid to exercise their political influence by the corporate world.
		While innovation in policy can only be commended, it should come from thinkers who are conscious only of the countryâs interests, not from think tanks conscious only of the providers of their next fee.
		Where once their work was done by a mix of civil servants, academics and politicians, now think tanks dominate policy behind the scenes.
	www.conservativefuture.com /issues/issue.cfm?obj_id=131532 (393 words)

	Guardian \| Demos chief warns of crisis
		Mr Bentley believes the crisis is now so deep that he plans to redirect the influential Demos think tank, founded in 1993, from seeking to influence government policy to finding ways of reconnecting the public with politics.
		He claims that political parties are dying on their feet and that the election revealed barely disguised hostility to the political process.
		Some of his thinking is being taken up in Downing Street which is experimenting with new more direct forms of consultation with the electorate.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,5204802-103685,00.html (458 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Science/Nature \| Think tank urges space fund boost
		In a report on space policy, Demos says the UK should support European efforts to prevent US attempts to dominate and weaponise space.
		Now an influential think tank has said that the UK has been too timid.
		Demos argues that while the government has been right to avoid human exploration, it risks missing out on an economic and technological revolution.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/science/nature/3520485.stm (281 words)

	Think Tanks Links
		For a look at the role think tanks play in New York City and beyond, read Gotham Gazette's article, Think Tanks (3/31/03).
		Demos - Strives to strengthen participatory democracy on the national level through issue advocacy and reform on issues such as voting rights.
		Now in its formative stages, the think tank runs a monthly organizing meeting for liberal policy advocates in New York.
	www.gothamgazette.com /thinktanks (1087 words)

	ChangeThis :: The Pro-Am Revolution
		Demos is a greenhouse for new ideas which can improve the quality of our lives.
		Demos knowledge is organised around ﬁve themes, which combine to create new perspectives.
		Demos has helped to initiate a number of practical projects which are delivering real social beneﬁt through the redesign of public services.
	www.changethis.com /9.ProAmRevolution (287 words)

	e-Government: Personalised services will transform public sector says Demos think tank
		Leadbeater thinks that if government is serious about personalisation, public sector bodies should regard this promise as a profound challenge to the way they currently operate.
		The Demos report argues that personalisation should be seen as an ‘organising logic’ for transforming the public sector.
		DfES and Demos are jointly hosting a major conference on personalisation in education on 17-18 May in London.
	www.publictechnology.net /print.php?sid=959 (709 words)

	Weighty campaigners fight for freedom to be fat - theage.com.au
		Forest director Simon Clark decided to launch the organisation after he read a report this year by the left-wing think tank Demos that recommended a "fat tax" on unhealthy foods.
		The think tank advised the British Government to develop a new strategy for public education about food and said it should set up a natural health promotion agency that could be funded by a tax on fatty and fast foods.
		"When you get Demos, who are very close to the government, issuing a paper calling for a 'fat tax', then there comes a point when you need a group like us to say that taxation as a form of social engineering is absurd," Mr Clark said.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2002/10/14/1034561097720.html (400 words)

	markleonard.net: Journalism
		The basis of de Soto's thinking is that property ownership is the key to ending poverty – but that it will work only if the poor can use their property to generate further wealth.
		Mulgan thinks that we should learn from de Soto's principles: "The informal economy does have some virtues – it is highly entrepreneurial and creates wealth of a sort.
		De Soto thinks it is time to reverse all this and recast property as something that can empower the poor.
	markleonard.net /journalism/desoto (1482 words)

	FT.com / Home UK / UK - Into the lite (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		But yes, the Conservative party has had some problems of perception, and what my whole leadership campaign was about was letting us change the party to show very, very clearly that we're in it for everybody, not just for the rich, that we're a compassionate party...
		His conservatism is based on small 'l' liberalism: he thinks people should be left alone to get on with their lives, which is the basis for his Euroscepticism.
		One institution the Conservative reformers think is not representative of the UK today is their own party, particularly when it comes to the number of women in its parliamentary ranks.
	www.ft.com /cms/s/fb094b90-ab24-11da-8a68-0000779e2340.html (3858 words)

	Building the Bottom Up From the Top Down (draft) (excerpts)
		Demos argues that advances in technology and culture increasingly are being driven by a new breed of serious hobbyist, "amateurs who work to professional standards"
		It follows, argues Demos, that if this new class is valuable, it should be encouraged, even subsidized, by the British government.
		Demos proposed this not only to encourage and reward group formation, but because it believed that encouraging Pro-Ams is good for the economy.
	osaka.law.miami.edu /~froomkin/articles/topdown.html (3395 words)

	Reform - UK Think tanks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Demos: A think-tank committed to reinvigorating democracy and to countering growing disengagement from political institutions.
		Doctors for ReformÂ : Independent group of nearly 1000 NHS doctors campaigning for a change to the way healthcare is delivered in Britain.Â Independent from, but supported by, Reform.
		Institute for Public Policy Research: A leading think tank with strong links to New Labour.
	www.reform.co.uk /website/links/ukthinktanks.aspx (449 words)

	Citizens Jury - 02-04 March 2006
		As the European Space Agency gears up for the start of its 20-year Aurora programme of exploration, it has asked Demos to organise a citizens' jury on the future of Europe in space.
		As part of its consultation with stakeholders on Europe’s strategy for space exploration, the European Space Agency (ESA) is organising a series of citizens' juries in ESA member states to foster open dialogue with the public.
		Organised by the left-wing think tank Demos, the UK jury is the first of these to take place.
	www.acc.co.uk /raes/space/Demos_Mar06.htm (508 words)

	Mute magazine - Culture and politics after the net
		A recent report, Wide Open, by the think tank Demos takes the metaphor of open source and runs with it – right into the closed kernel of the modern state.
		The question is being asked not, as you might think, by wild-eyed, fast-coding techno-anarchists intent on squatting the geopolitical noosphere, but in the pragmatically modernising world of New Labour think-tankery.
		What Mulgan and Steinberg really want to think about is how a less than popular state can connect with what it sees as apathetic populations and engage their energies.
	www.metamute.org /en/State-Wide-Shut (1371 words)

	TNTlog: Connecting With Science
		This was the theme of an op ed in today’s Financial Times by James Wilsen head of science and innovation at Demos think-tank and no stranger to a variety of nanojurys and debates in the UK.
		Is it left to the conscience of the individual scientists, should a think tank like Demos do it, learned government committees or mobs of pitchfork wielding peasants?
		Many scientists have no idea what the long-term implications of their work may be, and most non specialists have no idea what that work actually is, and unless we address that issue we will have an endless cycle of scientists and sociologists making baboon faces at each other.
	www.cientifica.com /archives/000671.html (205 words)

	Designing for Civil Society: Demos wins whizzy web site award: guide needed
		Congratulations to Molly Webb and the team at Demos for winning best think tank website at the annual Prospect Magazine awards, by developing a place for "transparency and discussion" with social software consultancy Headshift.
		Demos has been leading the way for a year or two with blogging and free downloads of publications.
		You really do feel you are getting into the knowledge undergrowth of Demos (well, the stuff they are tagging us about anyway!).
	partnerships.typepad.com /civic/2006/09/demos_wins_whiz.html (712 words)

	Amazon.ca: Think Tank: Music: Blur (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Compared to the brash pop of Damon Albarn's Gorillaz side project and 1999's overtly emotional 13, Think Tank is a soulful and subtle affair—its tone possibly traceable to the departure of founding member Graham Coxon midway through its recording.
		Recorded in Devon, England and in Marrakesh, Think Tank is an often beautiful, often dark, and always intriguing record.
		But one gets the edgy feeling from listening to Think Tank that this is Damon Albarn going solo while James and Rountree are along for the ride.
	www.amazon.ca /Think-Tank-Blur/dp/B00008Z5GU (1494 words)

	NPQ
		Robert Cooper, a British diplomat based in Bonn, is perhaps the most insightful thinker on the geopolitics of the present moment.
		This article, the first part of which appeared in the Summer 1997 issue of NPQ, has been published in pamphlet form by Demos, a think tank and publishing house in London.
		A copy may be obtained by contacting Demos by phone or at 011-44-171-353-4479 or by fax at 011-44-171-353-4481 or e-mail @demos.co.uk, website: www.demos.co.uk.
	www.digitalnpq.org /archive/special_issue/postmodern.html (171 words)

	Demos - A Network for Ideas & Action - Publications
		The Demos Publications Library holds numerous written documents, either authored by Demos staff, commissioned by Demos or otherwise pertaining to our work.
		Distinguished Senior Fellow Robert Kuttner discusses Barney Frank's plans to use the hearing process to shed light on the real America, and to address the broad economic concerns that Americans are facing today.
		You'll find someone like yourself in Jacked no matter who you are, where you live or what you think of life or politics.
	www.demos.org /pubs.cfm?nStart=11&pubType=0&radSort=0 (497 words)

	Fatties of the world unite, you have nothing to lose but your chins - smh.com.au
		The society argues that an unhealthy diet is a "personal choice and one that should not make fat people feel guilty".
		The director of Forest, Simon Clark, decided to launch the organisation after he read a report by a Left-wing think tank, Demos, that recommended a "fat tax".
		The think tank advised the Government to set up a natural health promotion agency that could be funded by a tax on fatty and fast foods.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2002/10/14/1034561096958.html (507 words)

	Demos \| Home
		The Received Wisdom is Demos' latest publication, exploring the relationship between expertise and political decision making.
		This morning's Independent coverage of the government's Horizon Scanning Centre sparked a lot of debate at Demos.
		It's got an article predicting some of the major technological advances we can expect to see in the next 50 years.
	www.demos.co.uk (378 words)

	Radio Think Tank MPRs Part 18
		There are several pages in the back of the Market Report that detail listening percentages of teens, 18-24, 25-34, 35-44 and above in both AQH and Cume for all the stations in the market.
		Typically, your target demo should always reflect the highest percentage of AQH and Cume usage.
		Somewhere in the 25% range or above is a good percentage to shoot for in your target demo.
	www.radiothinktank.com /part18.htm (1530 words)

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