"[24]: 1089 It opposes modernity, liberalism, and socialism, instead valuing Europe's Christian heritage[24]: 1099 and "defending" Western civilization.
[24]: 1093 National conservatism is silent on classical conservative thought expressed by Michael Oakeshott and Edmund Burke.
As a result, many favor assimilation into the dominant culture, restrictions on immigration and strict law and order policies.
According to the Austrian political scientist Sieglinde Rosenberger, "national conservatism praises the family as a home and a center of identity, solidarity, and tradition".
[24]: 1099 National conservative parties in different countries do not necessarily share a common position on economic policy.
Their views may range from support of corporatism[citation needed] and mixed economy to a more laissez-faire approach.
[24]: 1097 The works of Leo Strauss and Eric Voegelin have served as building blocks for the modern national conservative movement's socio-economic policies.
Strauss' indictment of capitalism as 'economism' through the reduction of individual needs to consumption plays a role in national conservative thought, which argues for solidarism and an increased statist role in the economy to bring about a moralizing "financial nationalism" in opposition to communism and the individualism in liberalism.