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Publication Date: 1989
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General Systems Theory and Counterplan Competition.
Madsen, Arnie
Argumentation and Advocacy, v26 n2 p71-82 Fall 1989
Discusses the trend in academic debate on policy questions toward a wide acceptance of counterplans, encouraging combinations of proposals which appear at face value able to coexist but upon deeper analysis are incompatible. Argues in opposition to this trend by applying concepts from general systems theory to competition. (KEH)
Descriptors: Communication Research, Competition, Debate, Debate Format, Public Policy, Systems Analysis, Systems Approach
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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