Websites to support the study of political ideologies:
Political Parties, Interest Groups and other Social Movements
Provides links to political parties and movements from all over the world. Besides the international links, the links are sorted by country. An attempt is made to provide links to all the political parties in each country. The links for Canadian political parties include: Green Party, Liberal party, Socialist Party, Canadian alliance, Progressive Conservative, Abolitionist, Communist, New Democratic, Natural Law, Canadian Monarchist, Parti Quebecois, Christian Heritage, Canadian Democratic, etc.
Canadian Political Parties
Provides links to all the federal and provincial political parties in Canada, as well as major elections. Sorted by province. Music on the site is very annoying.
Introduction to Political Philosophy & Ideologies
Provides a variety of links to the lives and works of a wide range of important political philosophers who have shaped the ideologies that underlie the modern political systems: liberalism, conservatism, socialism, feminism, and anarchism. Includes: Aristotle, Plato, Thomas Aquinas, Machiavelli, Jeremy Bentham, Thomas Hobbes, David Hume, Immanuel Kant, John Locke (liberalism), John Stuart Mill (liberalism), Edmund Burke (conservatism), Karl Marx, Bertrand Russell, Ayn Rand, and Noam Chomsky.
Intute - Social sciences
Provides sorted & annotated links to articles, papers, journals & reports on anarchism, communism, conservatism, fascism, liberalism, nationalism, and socialism. Searchable.
Leaders and Revolutionaries
Provides biographies for 20 leaders and revolutionaries picked by Time magazine as having the greatest impact on the political and social life of our century. Includes: Lenin, Hitler, Roosevelt, Mao Zedong, Gandhi, Ben-Gurion, Ho Chi Minh, Martin Luther King, Thatcher, Walesa, Mandela, etc.
Fascism - What it is and how to fight it
Features the full text of a pamphlet written by Leon Trotsky in 1930-32, about his view of fascism and how it affected Italy and Germany.
Benito Mussolini: What is Fascism?, 1932
Provides the full text of an article written by Benito Mussolini in 1932 for the Italian Encyclopedia, defining fascism.
Benito Mussolini
Provides a biography of Benito Mussolini (1883-1945), Fascist dictator of Italy, and his role in World War 2.
Socialist Party of Canada
Provides extensive information on what socialism means in Canada, as well as providing objectives and a declaration of principles for the Socialist Party of Canada.
Marxism Page
Provides access to the full text of The Communist Manifesto and other Marxist classics. Includes an introduction to Marxist politics and contemporary Marxist writings.
Encyclopedia of Marxism
Provides a searchable encyclopedia of Marxism. Can be browsed in the following categories: terms, organizations, places, people, events and periodicals. Can also be browsed in the following subject categories: Basic political concepts, Political systems; Morality & Religion; Basic economics; and Russian parties of the early 1900s.
Marxism, Leninism, Stalinism, Maoism
Provides the key ideas of each of the following ideologies: Marxism, Leninism, Stalinism and Maoism, using their own jargon.
Turn Left - The home of Liberalism on the Web
Provides detailed information and answers to frequently asked questions about liberalism. Focus is very American, though the basic ideas are transferrable. Includes a hyperlink to an article of “What Conservatives stand for”, though written by a liberal. Links to related sites.
Classical Liberalism: History, Politics & Economics
Provides the full text of a publication written by an Israeli classical liberalist in 1998.
Liberalism
Features extensive information on liberalism, including definitions, principles, history and positions on a variety of controversial issues.
The Politics of Ignorance and Self-Interest
This essay about conservatism in politics is written by a critic and hence must be seen as biased. However, it does provide some excellent information and a good summary of the conservative ideology.
Conservatism.com
Claims to be the definitive guide to political conservative issues and news. Provides access to many articles and essays written by conservative thinkers, including criticisms of liberalism. Links to related sites.
Conservative Politics: U.S.
Provides many articles on the feaures of conservative politics and comparisons between conservatism and liberalism as practised in the United States. Concepts are transferrable.
Conservative Forum
Provides essays written by a wide variety of conservative thinkers, mostly about Canadian politics. Links to related sites and additional articles.
John Maynard Keynes
Provides information about John Maynard Keynes, his writings, teaching, career, politics, and his views of the economy and its role in government. Includes some articles, essays, and quotations.
John Maynard Keynes, 1883-1946
Provides a biography of John Maynard Keynes, the economist. Includes a complete listing of his writings, with hyperlinks to some, and links to a variety of writings about Keynes and his economic and political thought.
John Maynard Keynes
Provides a biography of John Maynard Keynes, the economist. Includes an excellent synopsis of his political and economic thought and its effects on governments of the time.
Economists - John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946)
Provides a brief introduction to the life of John Maynard Keynes, the economist, as well as his work and his theories.
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Updated March 2007.