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General Political Theory

• Classical Political Theory Web Sites--Charles Helm, Western Illinois Univ.

• Foundations of Political Theory--American Political Science Association (APSA)--Links to political philosophy journals and texts.

• Government, Law and Society: Political Theory--Iowa State Univ., English Server

• Philosophers: Alphabetical Index--Peter J. King--A-to-Z collection of notable philosophers and related links. Includes, among many other political philosophers:

  • Burke, Edmund
  • Hegel, Georg
  • Hobbes, Thomas
  • Locke, John
  • Machiavelli, Niccolo'
  • Mill, John Stuart
  • Rousseau, Jean-Jacques

• The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy--Jim Fieser, Univ. of Tennessee at Martin--Includes Political Philosophy," as well as:
  • Aristotle
  • Hobbes, Thomas
  • Locke, John
  • Machiavelli, Niccolo'
  • Mill, John Stuart
  • Plato
  • Rousseau, Jean-Jacques

• Modern Political Theory: Web Sites --Charles Helm, Western Illinois Univ.

• Philosophy Resources--Ron Barnette, Valdosta State Univ.

• Political Glossary--Thomas Nelson Political Science Research Center--Use Ctrl+F to find a specific term.

• Political Science Resources: Political Theory--Univ. of Michigan Documents Center 3:47 PM 12/14/2004

• Political Theory--Yahoo!

• Political Theory--Richard Kimber

• Political Theory-- PolitInfo.com

• Political Thought--Richard Kimber

• Poly-Cy: Internet Resources in Political Science - Political Theory--Bob Duval, West Virginia Univ. Dept. of Political Science

• WWW Virtual Library: Philosophy--Daniel Brickley, Univ. of Bristol

• Yahoo: Political Theory--Yahoo Directories

Important Modern Political Philosophers

• Burke, Edmund
  • Burke vs. Hayek Debate: Liberalism and Conservatism--National Humanities Institute
  • Letter to a Noble Lord (1795)--Our Civilisation
  • Reclections on the Revolution in France (1790)-- Constitution Society
  • Speech to the Electors of Bristol (1774)--The Founders' Constitution

• Hobbes, Thomas
  • Leviathan(1660)--Oregon State Univ.
  • The Works of Thomas Hobbes--McMaster Univ. Includes:
    • De Cive (1651)
    • Elements of Law Natural and Politic (1640)

• Locke, John
  • Biography and Summary of Locke's Philosophy--Stanford Univ. Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  • A Letter on Toleration (1689)--Jim.com
  • John Locke--PhilosophyPages.com--Biography and general overview of the philosopher with excerpts from his works.
  • Second Treatise on Government (1690)--Jim.com

• Machiavelli, Niccolo'
  • Discourses on Livy (1531)--Constitution Society
  • The Prince [Il Princpe] (1505)--Constitution Society

• Marx, Karl
  • Marx and Engels' Writings--Iowa State Univ., English Server
  • Marxists Internet Archive

• Mill, John Stuart

  • Biography and Important Works--Utilitarianism Resources
    • Utilitarianism
    • On Liberty
  • John Stuart Mill Links--Works, letters, articles, and literary criticism.

• Paine, Thomas
  • Common Sense (1776)
  • Rights of Man (1971-72)

• Rousseau, Jean-Jacques

  • Biography and Works--Philosophypages.com--Includes:
  • Discourse on the Origins of Inequality (1755)--Constitution Society
  • Discourse on Political Economy (1755)--Constitution Society
  • On the Social Contract (1762)--Constitution Society

Conservative Thought

• American Conservative Union (ACU)

• American Enterprise Intitute (AEI)--Established and prominent conservative think-tank and research organization, concerning issues such as foreign policy, the free-market, and domestic issues such as social security.

• National Center for Public Policy Research--Conservative think-tank, with a focus on national defense, free markets, and limited government. Includes:

  • What Conservatives Think/a>
  • Environmental Policy Task Force

• Christian Coalition Worldwide

• Eagle Forum--Conservative and "pro-family" policy website.

• Government: Politics: Political Opinion: Conservative--Yahoo!

• Government: Politics: Conservative: Magazines--Yahoo!

• The Heritage Foundation--Well-known conservative think-tank, with policy information on many different subjects.

• The John Birch Society--Conservative "constitutionalist organization."

• ["Patriot"] Publications--e-mail lists, book reviews, reading lists, periodicals, and newspapers from a "patriot" perspective

• Republican National Committee (GOP.com)

• The Right Side of the Web

• Rutherford Institute--conservative organization that "specializes in the defense of religious liberty and human rights"

• townhall.com--conservative news and information; many links to conservative political & social organizations

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Liberal & Progressive Thought

• Americans for Democratic Action (ADA)--"The Political Voice for Action Oriented Liberals"

• Center for American Progress--Liberal think-tank covering all areas of domestic and foreign policy, with a special focus on the media.

• The Century Foundation--Liberal think-tank established in 1918, covering many issues and policy areas.

• Democratic National Committee (DNC)

• Democratic Underground--Liberal news, policy, and activist site.

• Feminist Majority Foundation Online

• Government: Politics: Political Opinion: Liberal--Yahoo!

• Institute for Policy Studies (IPS)--"The nation's oldest multi-issue progressive think-tank."

• MovingIdeas.org--Liberal index site with links to many think-tanks, opinion sites, issue information, and action-oriented programs.

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Other Schools of Thought

• About Libertarianism--Liberty Activist

• Defining Neo-Liberalism--Accion Zapatista, Univ. of Texas

• The Greens--Green Party USA

• Green Parties World Wide

• Libertarianism.org--Cato Institute

• Statement of Principles--Libertarian Party

• A Short History of Neo-liberalism--Global Exchange

• What is "Neo-Liberalism"? A brief definition for activists--CorpWatch.org. Description of Neo-liberal theory from a left-wing perspective.

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