Wikipedia:WikiProject Politics/Libertarianism/Annotated Bibliography

This is an annotated bibliography of WikiProject Libertarianism sources.

It is currently a draft.

Editors should consult Wikipedia:WikiProject_Libertarianism/Sourcing_Guide to determine if sources are reliable. If this does not result in a conclusive outcome, or there is further dispute, Wikipedia:Reliable Sources/Noticeboard should be consulted.

As a courtesy, editors should notify this article's talk page of major sourcing discussions or conclusions, to allow the bibliography editors a chance to incorporate content from such discussions.

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Sources should be given in full.

Definitions of Libertarianism

Needing further material before classification

1. Hospers, John (1971). Libertarianism. Santa Barbara, CA: Reason Press.
   • Reason: Reason press doesn't appear to have a web site or history online in quick google searching. You can help by locating the history of Reason Press and determining if in 1971 it was Partisan, Academic, general non-fiction commercial, a non-commercial partisan press, or a Vanity or SELF press. Fifelfoo (talk) 07:25, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
   • Chapter five of Dyson, R. W.; Peter M. R. Stirk (2007). Natural Law and Political Realism in the History of Political Thought: From the Seventeenth to the Twenty-First Century. Peter Lang. ISBN 9780820488820. cites Hospers's Libertarianism, if that helps at all. Abel (talk) 17:35, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

HQRS

Waiting verification

1. Bevir, Mark (2010). "Libertarianism". Encyclopedia of Political Theory. Sage Publications. ISBN 9781412958653. http://books.google.com/books?id=wVIoCtB3m74C&pg=PA810.
   • Summary:
   • Quote:
   • Wikicitation: <ref>Bevir, Mark (2010). "Libertarianism". ''Encyclopedia of Political Theory.'' Sage Publications. ISBN 9781412958653. http://books.google.com/books?id=wVIoCtB3m74C&pg=PA810.</ref>
   • Uncategorised: You can help by reading this article in full and assigning it to a literary tradition according to its definition of libertarianism.
2. Nozick, Robert (1974). Anarchy, state, and utopia. New York, NY: Basic Books. ISBN 9780465097203.
   • Uncategorised:
3. Otsuka, Michael (2005). Libertarianism Without Inequality. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 9780199280186.
   • Uncategorised:

Limited definitions

Limited solely to those in favour of private property

1. Drieu Godefidi "The Anarcho-Libertarian Utopia – A Critique" in Ordo: Jahrbuch für die Ordnung von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft Walter Eucken (Ed.) Bd. 56 (Stuttgart: Lucius & Lucius, 2005): 123-140 books.
   • Summary: Libertarianism is only minarchism and anarcho-capitalism.
   • Quote: at 123, "Libertarianism denotes a current of thought, mainly American, rooted in classical liberal ideas and values. … Libertarians are either minarchists, who want a minimal State, or anarchists (anarcho-capitalists), who pursue the pure and simple elimination of any kind of state structure."
   • Wiki citation: <ref>Drieu Godefidi "The Anarcho-Libertarian Utopia – A Critique" in ''Ordo: Jahrbuch für die Ordnung von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft'' Walter Eucken (Ed.) Bd. 56 (Stuttgart: Lucius & Lucius, 2005): 123-140 [http://books.google.com.au/books?hl=en&lr=&id=qfarbXq3bZYC&oi=fnd&pg=PA123&dq=international+use+of+the+%22word+libertarian%22&ots=Sr5ch1-ggX&sig=Be4Tc0-tZelcrt6I7WviL8HIRtY#v=onepage&q&f=false books].</ref>
   • Verification: verified by Fifelfoo (talk) 05:25, 27 September 2010 (UTC);

RS

Waiting on verification

1. Doherty, Brian Radicals for Capitalism: A Freewheeling History of the Modern American Libertarian Movement, New York, NY: PublicAffairs, (2007)
   • Reason: PublicAffairs is a non academic commercial press.
   • Uncategorised: You can help by reading this article in full and assigning it to a literary tradition according to its definition of libertarianism.
2. Friedman, Jeffrey (Summer 1997). "What's Wrong With Libertarianism". Critical Review 11 (3).
   • Reason: Critical Review does not publish peer reviewed papers unless explicitly solicited to do so by authors. Online version of this article failed. Verification was impossible. Thus RS only as a magazine article until someone sights the original and determines if peer reviewed. Fifelfoo (talk) 07:15, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

Reliable for opinion only

1. Rothbard, Murray (Winter 1980). "Myth and Truth About Libertarianism". Modern Age. http://www.mmisi.org/ma/24_01/rothbard.pdf. Intercollegiate Studies Institute
   • Reason: Scholar publishing in a non-peer reviewed partisan commercial magazine. Fifelfoo (talk) 07:44, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

Completely failed reliability criteria

1. Hamowy, Editor, Ronald (2008). The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism. Cato Institute, SAGE.
   • Reason: As a scholarly encyclopaedia, individual articles may or may not be HQRS, depending on the article being signed by a specialist author. The encyclopaedia as a whole is neither reliable nor unreliable. You can help by locating individual articles of interest and verifying their reliability. Fifelfoo (talk) 07:21, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
2. Hospers, John. "Arguments for Libertarianism". in Harwood, Sterling (ed.). Business as Ethical and Business as Usual. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing.
   • Reason: Undergraduate textbook, liable to gross oversimplification of technical matters. Upgrade would require demonstration that this is a postgraduate textbook. Fifelfoo (talk) 07:28, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
3. Machan, Tibor R.. "Revisiting Anarchism and Government". http://www.liberalia.com/htm/tm_minarchists_anarchists.htm. Liberalia.com.
   • Reason: SELF by a partisan political organisation. Fifelfoo (talk) 07:32, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
4. Paul Beston. (20 April 2007) "Freedom Fighters. Brian Doherty’s comprehensive guide to American libertarianism. A review of Radicals for Capitalism: A Freewheeling History of the Modern American Libertarian Movement". City Journal. http://www.city-journal.org/html/rev2007-04-20pb.html.
   • Reason: Derivative work (book review) published in a partisan commercial magazine. Fifelfoo (talk) 07:51, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

Libertarian Ontologies

HQRS

1. Cohen, G.A. (1995). Self-ownership, Freedom and Equality. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Libertarian Ethics

RS

1. Cleveland, Paul; Stevenson, Brian (August 1995). "Individual Responsibility and Economic Well-Being". The Freeman. Foundation for Economic Education.
   • This citation needs improvement: It is missing pages, issue, volume number, place of publication. You can help by improving this citation.
   • Reason: Partisan commercial magazine From website about page Fifelfoo (talk) 07:09, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
   • Verified: Verification required, you can help by visually sighting the entire article in full and summarising in here.

Reliable for opinion only

1. Block, Walter (February 17, 2003). "The Non-Aggression Axiom of Libertarianism". http://www.lewrockwell.com/block/block26.html. Lewrockwell.com.
   • Reason: Scholarly expert published by partisan news source / blog with no editorial oversight indicated.
   • Verified: Fifelfoo (talk) 07:04, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

Libertarian Programs and Policies

HQRS

1. Partridge, Ernest (2004). "With Liberty and Justice for Some". in Zimmerman, Callicott, Warren, Klaver, Clark (eds.). Environmental Philosophy. http://gadfly.igc.org/papers/liberty.htm. Prentice Hall.

RS

1. Lester, J.C. (2000). Escape from Leviathan: Liberty, Welfare and Anarchy Reconciled. Basingstoke, UK/New York, USA: Macmillan/St Martin's Press.
   • Reason: Macmillan is a general non-fiction commercial press. Fifelfoo (talk) 07:29, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

Reliable for opinion only

1. Friedman, Milton (1992). "The Drug War as a Socialist Enterprise". in Arnold S. Trebach and Kevin B. Zeese (eds.). Friedman & Szasz on Liberty and Drugs. Washington, D.C.: The Drug Policy Foundation. http://www.druglibrary.org/special/friedman/socialist.htm.
   • Reason: The Drug Policy Foundation is a partisan political organisation. Fifelfoo (talk) 07:17, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

Specific Libertarian Tendencies

HQRS

1. Vallentyne, Peter; Steiner, Hillel (2000a). The origins of left-libertarianism: an anthology of historical writings. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9780312235918.
   • Reason: Palgrave is Macmillan's academic imprint. Fifelfoo (talk) 07:46, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
   • WARNING: as an anthology of historical writings individual contained writings must independently meet reliability criteria. The introduction to this work is reliable as it is authored. All other contained works are edited and must be considered individually.

1. Vallentyne, Peter; Steiner, Hillel (2000b). Left-libertarianism and its critics: the contemporary debate. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9780312236991.
   • Reason: Palgrave is Macmillan's academic imprint. Fifelfoo (talk) 07:46, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

Other Libertarian Topics Not Elsewhere Classified

RS

1. Goldberg, Jonah (December 12, 2001). "Freedom Kills". National Review Online. http://www.nationalreview.com/goldberg/goldberg121201.shtml.
   • Reason: National Review Online is a commercial partisan magazine. Fifelfoo (talk) 07:19, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

Reliable for opinion only

1. Rand, Ayn. "Ayn Rand's Q&A on Libertarians", from a 1971 interview. Ayn Rand Institute. http://www.aynrand.org/site/PageServer?pagename=education_campus_libertarians
   • Reason: Opinion piece by a notable thinker.