Maneuvering with the Burden of Proof: Confrontational Strategies in Dealing with Political Accountability

In this paper, the author examines the burden of proof in the argu- mentative confrontations taking part in practices of political accountability. She does so by explaining how politicians maneuver strategically with the burden of proof in an attempt at winning the discussion in which they are invol...

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Main Author:	Andone Corina
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Sciendo 2014-03-01
Series:	Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric
Subjects:	argumentative confrontation burden of proof dialectical route material and procedural starting points political accountability strategic maneuvering
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.2478/slgr-2014-0004

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spelling	doaj-4d52c8f4a62444359ec9f99d536456042021-09-05T14:02:00ZengSciendoStudies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric0860-150X2014-03-01361597810.2478/slgr-2014-0004slgr-2014-0004Maneuvering with the Burden of Proof: Confrontational Strategies in Dealing with Political AccountabilityAndone Corina0University of Amsterdam & ILIASIn this paper, the author examines the burden of proof in the argu- mentative confrontations taking part in practices of political accountability. She does so by explaining how politicians maneuver strategically with the burden of proof in an attempt at winning the discussion in which they are involved. After making clear the role of the burden of proof in defining the difference of opinion in argumentative confrontations, the author outlines the constraints imposed by practices of political accountability on the burden of proof. Finally, she analyzes in detail a concrete case in which a politician maneuvers in such a way that his burden of proof is significantly diminished.https://doi.org/10.2478/slgr-2014-0004argumentative confrontationburden of proofdialectical routematerial and procedural starting pointspolitical accountabilitystrategic maneuvering
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title	Maneuvering with the Burden of Proof: Confrontational Strategies in Dealing with Political Accountability
title_short	Maneuvering with the Burden of Proof: Confrontational Strategies in Dealing with Political Accountability
title_full	Maneuvering with the Burden of Proof: Confrontational Strategies in Dealing with Political Accountability
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publisher	Sciendo
series	Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric
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publishDate	2014-03-01
description	In this paper, the author examines the burden of proof in the argu- mentative confrontations taking part in practices of political accountability. She does so by explaining how politicians maneuver strategically with the burden of proof in an attempt at winning the discussion in which they are involved. After making clear the role of the burden of proof in defining the difference of opinion in argumentative confrontations, the author outlines the constraints imposed by practices of political accountability on the burden of proof. Finally, she analyzes in detail a concrete case in which a politician maneuvers in such a way that his burden of proof is significantly diminished.
topic	argumentative confrontation burden of proof dialectical route material and procedural starting points political accountability strategic maneuvering
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Maneuvering with the Burden of Proof: Confrontational Strategies in Dealing with Political Accountability

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