Constraints on political deliberation: European parliamentary debate as an argumentative activity type

Authors
Publication date 2010
Host editors
  • D.S. Gouran
Book title The functions of argument and social context: selected papers from the 16th Biennial Conference on Argumentation
Event 16th Biennial NCA/AFA Conference on Argumentation, Alta (2009)
Pages (from-to) 505-514
Publisher Washington, DC: National Communication Association
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 maneuvering are predetermined. What are the characteristics of the activity type of a debate in European Parliament that predetermine the possibilities for strategic maneuvering? What kind of constraints and opportunities for strategic maneuvering can be distinguished?
Document type Conference contribution
Language English
Published at http://altaconference.org/contents/Alta16.html
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