Exploring Argumentative Contexts

1. List of contributors; 2. Introduction (by Eemeren, Frans H. van); 3. Part I. Political context; 4. Chapter 1. The reasonableness of confrontational strategic maneuvering in political interviews (by Andone, Corina); 5. Chapter 2. Values as premises in practical arguments: Conceptions of justice in the public debate over bankers' bonuses (by Ietcu-Fairclough, Isabela); 6. Chapter 3. Exploiting the room for strategic maneuvering in argumentative discourse: Dealing with audience demand in the European Parliament (by Eemeren, Frans H. van); 7. Chapter 4. Strategic communication: How governments frame arguments in the media (by Riley, Patricia); 8. Chapter 5. Arguments about 'rhetoric' in the 2008 US presidential election campaign (by Craig, Robert T.); 9. Part II. Historical context; 10. Chapter 6. Making history by analogy: Frederick Douglass remembers William the Silent (by Ray, Angela G.); 11. Chapter 7. Analogy in history: A corpus-based study (by Mazzi, Davide); 12. Part III. Legal context; 13. Chapter 8. A rhetorical approach to legal reasoning: The Italian experience of CERMEG (by Manzin, Maurizio); 14. Chapter 9. Strategic manoeuvring in the case of the 'Unworthy spouse' (by Feteris, Eveline T.); 15. Chapter 10. Everyday argument strategies in Appellate Court argument about same-sex marriage (by Tracy, Karen); 16. Chapter 11. Student speech in public schools: A case study in definitional argument (by Herbeck, Dale A.); 17. Part IV. Academic context; 18. Chapter 12. Expert authority and ad verecundiam arguments (by Kutrovatz, Gabor); 19. Chapter 13. Critique and controversy in digital scientific communication: New formats and their affordances (by Fritz, Gerd); 20. Part V. Medical context; 21. Chapter 14. Drug advertising and clinical practice: Positing biopolitics in clinical communication (by Goodnight, G. Thomas); 22. Chapter 15. Argumentative insights for the analysis of direct-to-consumer advertising (by Mohammed, Dima); 23. Chapter 16. The battle for health care reform and the liberal public sphere (by Rowland, Robert C.); 24. Chapter 17. Contextual constraints on argumentation: The case of the medical encounter (by Bigi, Sarah); 25. Part VI. Media context; 26. Chapter 18. The effects of hedges and pledges in advertisements for high and low reputation brands (by Hornikx, Jos); 27. Chapter 19. Higher-order strategic maneuvering by shifting standards of reasonableness in cold-war editorial argumentation (by Hicks, Darrin); 28. Part VII. Financial context; 29. Chapter 20. The diversifying of contextual constraints and argumentative strategies in friendly and hostile takeover bids (by Palmieri, Rudi); 30. Chapter 21. Reported argumentation in economic-financial news (by Zlatkova, Gergana); 31. Name index; 32. Subject index