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Patrick Basham
American academic
Patrick Basham is a former adjunct scholar and senior fellow of the Cato Institute, and the founding Director (in 2006) of the Democracy Institute.[1] Basham was previously the founding director of the Social Affairs Centre at the Canadian Fraser Institute. He has published a number of books and contributed articles to a range of major US newspapers.[1]
Basham studied political science at Carleton University, the University of Houston and University of Cambridge, earning B.A. and M.A. degrees from the former institutions.[2] Basham has claimed he holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge;[3] however, he withdrew from the university without gaining the qualification.[4] Issues with his credentials and academic claims have been highlighted in The BMJ.[4][5]