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=== Liberal conservatism === {{main|Liberal conservatism}} {{Distinguish|Conservative liberalism}} Liberal conservatism is a variant of conservatism that is strongly influenced by liberal stances.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xGNRRwkZFysC&pg=PA109 |title=Analyzing Politics |last=Grigsby |first=Ellen |publisher=Cengage Learning |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-495-50112-1 |pages=108β109, 112, 347}}</ref> It incorporates the [[classical liberal]] view of minimal [[economic interventionism]], meaning that individuals should be free to participate in the market and generate wealth without government interference.<ref name=":2">{{cite book |last=McAnulla |first=Stuart |year=2006 |title=British Politics: A Critical Introduction |publisher=A&C Black |isbn=978-0-8264-6155-1 |page=71}}</ref> However, individuals cannot be thoroughly depended on to act responsibly in other spheres of life; therefore, liberal conservatives believe that a strong state is necessary to ensure law and order, and social institutions are needed to nurture a sense of [[duty]] and responsibility to the nation.<ref name=":2" /> Originally opposed to capitalism and the [[industrial revolution]],{{sfn|Giubilei|2019|p=21}}{{sfn|Nisbet|2002|pp=28β31}} the conservative ideology in many countries adopted [[economic liberalism]], especially in the United States where this ideology is known as [[fiscal conservatism]].<ref name=":4">{{cite journal |last1=Ribuffo |first1=Leo P. |title=Twenty Suggestions for Studying the Right Now that Studying the Right Is Trendy |journal=Historically Speaking |date=January 14, 2011 |volume=12 |issue=1 |page=6 |doi=10.1353/hsp.2011.0013 |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/409734/summary#info_wrap}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B10JkvO82x8C&pg=PA109 |title=Correctional Organization and Management: Public Policy Challenges, Behavior, and Structure |first=Robert M. |last=Freeman |publisher=Elsevier |year=1999 |page=109 |isbn=978-0-7506-9897-9}}</ref>
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