Philip Dalton, John R. Butler

Public Policy Argumentation and Debate

A Practical Guide for Advocacy, Second Edition

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Through an exclusive focus on public policy advocacy, Dalton and Butler offer practical guidance for determining the fundamental issues that make up a controversy and what expectations public audiences will have for advocacy based on the issues and the burdens of advocates challenging or defending the status quo. Through examples that span a wide range of advocacy situations and subjects of contemporary importance, the authors build a framework for public policy advocacy that is organic to the communication discipline, recover and refresh foundational lessons about the uses of evidence, and provide critical questions that can be used to develop and communicate policy proposals that are sensible and appealing. Written in an accessible, respectful, and motivational style, the book is suitable for students of debate, professionals who function as advocates, and people who wish to voice their opinion.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Peter Lang
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 317469
• 2., überarb. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 225mm x 150mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 365g
• ISBN-13: 9781433174698
• ISBN-10: 1433174693
• Artikelnr.: 62295443

Autorenporträt

Philip Dalton (Ph.D., University of Oklahoma) is Associate Professor in the Department of Rhetoric and Public Advocacy and Director of the Center for Civic Engagement, at Hofstra University. He studies political communication and public discourse. John R. Butler (Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh) has worked as a debate coach, communication professor, and consultant. He serves as the Director of Communication and Strategy for the Painters District Council No. 30 and its affiliated funds, a labor union located in Aurora, Illinois.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments - Preface - Emergence - Orientation - Analyzing Issues and Policy Propositions - Arguing - Understanding Stock Issues in Public Policy Advocacy - Reasoning I: Reasoning about Cause - Reasoning II: Reasoning by Deduction, Induction, and Analogy - Evidence I: Theories and Uses - Evidence II: Evaluation - Reasonable Goals - Targeting Your Audience - Adapting to the Advocacy Setting - Appendix - Index.

Rezensionen

"Rather than cordoning off argumentation as abstract academic contemplation, the text encourages students to understand it as essential to practical social change. This focus makes argumentation the source of empowerment that it should be and gives students a concrete structure for action. ... especially relevant at a time when public advocacy is more important than ever." - David Worth, Rice University