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Economic: Lib-cap
Governance: Mixed
Coords: X+1 · Y+1
Economic: Lib-cap
Governance: Mixed
Coords: X+1 · Y+1
Descriptor
Neo-Conservative
(Neocon)
“Interventionist liberal-right.”
Exemplar ↓
§ 01
The Idea
What Neo-Conservative (Neocon) actually means.
Neoconservatism advocates a strong executive, military interventionism, and free-market policies.
Neoconservatism emerged in the U. S.
§ 02 · Tenets
Core commitments.
01
Active promotion of liberal democracy abroad.
02
Strong military and forward defence.
03
Markets at home with social order.
04
Skepticism of multilateral institutions when constraining.
05
Rejection of cultural relativism.
§ 03 · Position
Where it sits on the grid.
Economic axis — X+1
LIB-CAP
Full collectivisationUnfettered markets
Governance axis — Y+1
MIXED
Total controlNo state at all
§ 04 · Reading List
Canon & critics.
§ Canon
- Neoconservatism: The Autobiography of an IdeaIrving Kristol1995 · ~500 pp
- The End of History and the Last ManFrancis Fukuyama1992 · ~420 pp
§ Critics
- America Right or WrongAnatol Lieven2004 · ~280 pp
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