Demos is a non-partison public policy research and advocacy organization based in New York.
Demos' purpose is to help build a society where America can achieve its highest democratic ideals. Demos works toward a democracy that is robust and inclusive, with high levels of electoral participation and civic engagement, and an economy where prosperity and opportunity are broadly shared and disparity is reduced. Founded in 1999, Demos' work combines research with advocacy - melding the commitment to ideas of a think tank with the organizing strategies of an advocacy group.
A thinktank is an organization that sponsors research on specific problems, encourages the discovery of solutions to those problems, and facilitates interaction among scientists and intellectuals in pursuit of these goals.
Other thinktanks include Brookings Institution, a center-left organization, the Cato Institute, a libertarian or "free-market liberal" thinktank, 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 economic education.
The most-mentioned thinktank was the centrist or center-left Brookings Institution.
Demos is an influential left-wing thinktank based in the United Kingdom.
Between 1998 and 2006, under Director Tom Bentley, it moved away from being just a thinktank 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.
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