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Arguments and Counter-arguments in the Debate to Decriminalize Some Forms of Incestuous Relations in Poland
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego, 2018) Deutschmann, Marcin; Molek-Kozakowska, Katarzyna
This study explores argumentation and counter-argumentation patterns emerging from a corpus of readers’ comments found below-the-line of over twenty-five online articles on the subject of incest, the current legal sanctions against it and the possibility to decriminalize consensual incestuous relations between adults in Poland. The comments have been coded line-by-line for the types of positioning and argument premises using Atlas.ti software. Using the framework for argument analysis according to underlying premises, the comments were analyzed with respect to stance taken, practical reasoning conducted, and salient rhetorical strategies applied. They are subsequently correlated with the discursive formations from which they are sourced, notably ‘genetics/eugenics’ and ‘tradition/social order’ or ‘morality’ in the case of opponents of decriminalization, and ‘science/evidence,’ ‘liberalism/progress,’ and ‘romantic love’ for the proponents. In the discussion, the explanations of the competing constructions and evaluations of incest taboo and social stigma around it are referred to larger socio-political ideologies, including conservatism, nationalism and liberalism. The study contributes to the pool of argumentative and rhetorical studies on how topical issues are being debated in the media-saturated public sphere devoid of traditional gate-keeping and access control.
Searching for a new formula of a state: international discourse on deliberative democracy
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego, 2023-03) Sokalska, Edyta
The idea of civil society has became one of the most important premises of deliberative democracy. The question concerning the best model of democracy is still present in the international political and scientific discourse. The contemporary research approach to deliberative democracy referred to as the ‘systemic turn’ exposes three factors: the search for opportunities to develop and promote deliberation on a mass scale; the emphasis on the division of tasks and activities among participants within the system; the introduction of a certain continuum to the criterion of deliberation linking the multiplicity of institutions and the processes that occur among them. It is significant that many researchers confirm that thanks to deliberative methods and tools, the legitimacy of local government activities is strengthened. Identified shortcomings of deliberative democracy at the local level (potential institutional neutralization of activists’ activities, participatory frustration or widespread incompetence of citizens participating in deliberation) have become contribution to the discussion on the further directions of development of this form as well as possibilities for its improvement.