Civitas: Institute for the Study of Civil Society

Civitas is a community of researchers and supporters committed to discovering how best to strengthen democracy, uphold limited government, maintain personal freedom, achieve opportunity for all, and encourage free enterprise. They strive to achieve our ideals through independent research, reasoned argument, lucid explanation and open public debate. They stand apart from party politics and transitory intellectual fashions in pursuit of the enduring ideals that have made Britain a fortress of liberal civilisation.