Legislatures of small states : a comparative study / / edited by Nicholas D.J. Baldwin

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911144730403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013
• ISBN: 1-135-10298-8; 1-283-97264-6; 0-203-07332-0; 1-135-10299-6; 9780203073322
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (233 p.)
• Collana: Library of legislative studies
• Classificazione: POL000000
• Altri autori (Persone): BaldwinNicholas
• Disciplina: 328
• Soggetti: Legislative bodies; States, Small
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. I. Sovereign entities -- pt. II. Semi-sovereign entities -- pt. III. Sub-national entities.
• Sommario/riassunto: "This book provides a comparative study of the legislatures of small nations, states and territories, to explore the extent to which size is a factor in how they function and fulfill the roles and responsibility of a legislature.Though the physical nature and environment of states is a neglected subject in political science research, this book examines the impact of small state size on the structure and functions of legislatures and contributes to a better understanding of the interplay of physical and social factors. Focussing on legislatures in democratic nations or in territories that are parts of democratic units, the book features case studies on Malta, Bermuda, Jersey, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, the Isle of Man, Commonwealth Caribbean, Nunavut (Canada), Pacific islands, Swaziland, and Scotland. Contributors employ an interdisciplinary approach to examine both the outcomes and causes of different political mechanisms, and bring to the surface underlying correlation between small states through their analysis. Legislatures of Small States will be of interest to students and ; scholars of international politics, comparative politics and legislative studies"--

Argumentation in political interviews : analyzing and evaluating responses to accusations of inconsistency / / Corina Andone

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911132017203321
• Autore: Andone Corina
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2013
• ISBN: 9789027271754; 9027271755
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: viii, 147 p. : ill
• Collana: Argumentation in Context ; ; 5; Argumentation in context, , 1877-6884 ; ; v. 5
• Disciplina: 320.01/4
• Soggetti: Communication - Political aspects; Persuasion (Rhetoric) - Political aspects; Rhetoric - Political aspects; Interviewing; Inconsistency (Logic); Conversation analysis; Reasoning
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Argumentation in Political Interviews -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Responding to an accusation of inconsistency in a political interview -- 1.2 A pragma-dialectical perspective on argumentation -- 1.3 Objectives and method of the study -- 1.4 Organization of the study -- 2. Analytically relevant responses to an accusation of inconsistency -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Communicative and interactional purposes of an accusation of inconsistency -- 2.3 Responses to an accusation of inconsistency -- 2.4 Conclusion -- 3. The political interview as an argumentative activity type -- 3.1 The institutional goal of political interviews -- 3.2 The initial situation -- 3.3 Starting points -- 3.4 ; Argumentative means -- 3.5 The possible outcome -- 3.6 Conclusion -- 4. Strategic maneuvering in response to an accusation of inconsistency in a political interview -- 4.1 Accusations of inconsistency in a political interview -- 4.2 Retracting a standpoint in response to an accusation of inconsistency -- 4.3 Exploiting commitments to win the discussion -- Pattern 1: 'it depends' -- Pattern 2: 'we need to be clear' -- Pattern 3: 'there is a world of difference' -- 4.4 Conclusion -- 5. The reasonableness of responses to an accusation of inconsistency in a political interview -- 5.1 The reasonableness of confrontational strategic maneuvering -- 5.2 Soundness conditions -- 5.2.1 Soundness condition of openness -- 5.2.2 Soundness condition of relevance -- 5.2.3 Soundness condition of clarity -- 5.3 Conclusion -- 6. Conclusion -- 6.1 Main findings -- 6.2 Implications for further research -- References -- List of figures -- Name index -- Subject index.
• Sommario/riassunto: In Argumentation in Political Interviews Corina Andone uses the pragma-dialectical concept of strategic maneuvering to gain a better understanding of political interviews as argumentative practices. She analyzes and evaluates the way in which politicians react in political interviews to the accusation that the position they currently hold is inconsistent with a position they advanced before. The politicians' responses to such charges are examined for their strategic function by concentrating on a number of concrete cases and explaining how the arguers try to enhance their chances of winning the discussion. In addition, the soundness criteria are formulated for judging properly when the politicians' responses are indeed reasonable.This book is important to argumentation theorists, discourse analysts, communication scholars and all other researchers and students interested in the way in which language is used for the purpose of persuasion in a political context.Corina Andone is Assistant Professor of Speech Communication, Argumentation Theory and Rhetoric at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands.