Public Administration:
Arguments:
Describe the structure of a policy argument.
Compare and contrast four types ofpolicy claims.
Describe relations among different elements of an argument.
Explain how objections and rebuttals affect the strength of an argument.
Demonstrate how qualifiers changein response to objections and rebuttals.
Distinguish and illustrate different modes of policy argumentation.
Explain why formal and informal fallacies diminish the strength of claims.
Use argument mapping techniques to represent cases of foreign policy argumentation.
What policy makers understand and analysts often forget is that policy argumentation is central to policy making.