Constraints on political deliberation: European parliamentary debate as an argumentative activity type
Frans H. van Eemeren, Bart B. G. Garssen · UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam) · 2010
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?