Strategic maneuvering in European Parliamentary Debate
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Bart Garssen
Abstract
This chapter focuses on argumentation the institutional context of debate in the European Parliament. A parliamentary debate is a distinct argumentative activity type. In the pragma-dialectical approach, argumentative activity types are defined as conventionalized argumentative practices in which the possibilities for strategic maneuvering are predetermined. What are the characteristics of the activity type of a debate in European Parliament that predetermine the possibilities for strategic maneuvering?
Abstract
This chapter focuses on argumentation the institutional context of debate in the European Parliament. A parliamentary debate is a distinct argumentative activity type. In the pragma-dialectical approach, argumentative activity types are defined as conventionalized argumentative practices in which the possibilities for strategic maneuvering are predetermined. What are the characteristics of the activity type of a debate in European Parliament that predetermine the possibilities for strategic maneuvering?
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction 1
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Articles
- Strategic maneuvering in argumentative discourse in political deliberation 11
- Strategic maneuvering in European Parliamentary Debate 33
- Pursuing multiple goals in European Parliamentary Debates 47
- The place of counter discourse in two methods of public deliberation 75
- Deliberation digitized 101
- (How) do participants in online discussion forums create ‘echo chambers’? 127
- Debating multiple positions in multi-party online deliberation 151
- Subject index 177
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction 1
-
Articles
- Strategic maneuvering in argumentative discourse in political deliberation 11
- Strategic maneuvering in European Parliamentary Debate 33
- Pursuing multiple goals in European Parliamentary Debates 47
- The place of counter discourse in two methods of public deliberation 75
- Deliberation digitized 101
- (How) do participants in online discussion forums create ‘echo chambers’? 127
- Debating multiple positions in multi-party online deliberation 151
- Subject index 177
