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Challenges to Liberalism

  • Identify the most prominent complaints about liberal practices.
  • Create a visual essay that represents a position on the viability of communism and fascism.

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References

Title:

Classical Conservatism

Host:

Simon Fraser University

Description:

The Web site contains a definition of classical conservatism and also provides definitions of two varieties of modern conservatism.

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URL:

http://www.sfu.ca/~aheard/100/conservatism.html

 

Title:

Socialism

Host:

Library of Economics and Liberty

Description:

The Web site contains an article by Robert Heilbroner about the economic foundations of socialism and the failure of socialist economies.

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URL:

http://www.econlib.org/LIBRARY/Enc/Socialism.html

 

Title:

Socialism

Host:

Wikipedia

Description:

The Web site contains information about the origins and history of socialism, and how socialism influences economics and political theory.

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Scroll down to view the text and to access a table of contents. Click on blue links to access additional information.

URL:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism

 

Title:

Marxism

Host:

Wikipedia

Description:

The Web site contains information about classical Marxism, Marxist schools of thought and influential Marxists.

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URL:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marxist

 

Title:

Communism

Host:

Wikipedia

Description:

The Web site contains information on the, history, types of communism and the collapse of communism in the Soviet Union.

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URL:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism

 

Title:

Nazi Fascism and the Modern Totalitarian State

Host:

Gary M. Grobman

Description:

The Web site contains information on the principal characteristics of totalitarianism, fascism and Nazism. The site also contains a vocabulary list, teaching activities, discussion questions and evaluation questions.

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URL:

http://remember.org/guide/Facts.root.nazi.html

 

Title: Italian Life under Fascism: Selections from the Fry Collection
Host: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Description: The website contains a virtual exhibit of images and articles and primary documents about Italian fascism.
Navigation Tips: Click on a topic to access information. Click on images to enlarge them and to access captions.
URL: https://www.library.wisc.edu/exhibits/online-exhibits/special-collections/italian-life-under-fascism-selections-from-the-fry-collection/
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