'In varietate concordia' - United in diversity: European parliamentary debate as an argumentative activity type

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Authors
Publication date 2009
Host editors
  • J. Ritola
Book title Argument cultures: proceedings of OSSA '09
ISBN
  • 9780920233511
Event 8th Ossa Conference: Argumentation Cultures
Publisher Windsor, ON: Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation
Organisations
  • Faculty of Humanities (FGw) - Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR) - Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA)
Abstract
This paper focuses on argumentation in a specific institutional context: 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 manoeuvring are predetermined. What are the characteristics of the activity type of a debate in European Parliament that predetermine the possibilities for strategic manoeuvring? What kind of constraints and opportunities for strategic manoeuvring can be distinguished?

Document type Conference contribution
Language English
Published at http://scholar.uwindsor.ca/ossaarchive/OSSA8/papersandcommentaries/39/
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