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Policy debate

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Policy debate is a form of debate competition in which teams of two advocate for and against a resolution that typically calls for policy change by the United States federal government. [1]

50 relations: American Debate Association, Anthropocentrism, Argument, Biopower, Boston College, Counterplan, Cross Examination Debate Association, Cross-examination, De facto, Deconstruction, Disadvantage, Duke University, Gary Alan Fine, Georgetown University, Glossary of policy debate terms, Human extinction, Inter-collegiate policy debate, Latin, List of policy debaters, National Association for Urban Debate Leagues, National Catholic Forensic League, National Christian Forensics and Communications Association, National Debate Tournament, National Forensic Association, National Speech and Debate Association, Northwestern University, Nuclear warfare, Orientalism, Papyrus, Patriarchy, Policy debate, Racism, Resolved (film), Statism, Stoa USA, Stock issues, Structure of policy debate, Supreme Court of the United States, Tabula rasa, Texas Forensic Association, Topicality (policy debate), Tournament of Champions (debate), University of Idaho, University of Kentucky, Urban debate league, Wake Forest University, Washington State University, Whitman College, Wichita State University, Willamette University.

American Debate Association

The American Debate Association began in 1985 as an intercollegiate debate association.

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Anthropocentrism

Anthropocentrism (from Greek ἄνθρωπος, ánthrōpos, "human being"; and κέντρον, kéntron, "center") is the belief that human beings are the most significant entity of the universe.

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Argument

In logic and philosophy, an argument is a series of statements typically used to persuade someone of something or to present reasons for accepting a conclusion.

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Biopower

Biopower (or biopouvoir in French) is a term coined by French scholar, historian, and social theorist Michel Foucault.

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Boston College

Boston College (also referred to as BC) is a private Jesuit Catholic research university located in the affluent village of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States, west of downtown Boston.

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Counterplan

A counterplan is a component of debate theory commonly employed in the activity of parliamentary and policy debate.

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Cross Examination Debate Association

The Cross Examination Debate Association (CEDA) is the largest intercollegiate policy debate association in the United States.

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Cross-examination

In law, cross-examination is the interrogation of a witness called by one's opponent.

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De facto

In law and government, de facto (or;, "in fact") describes practices that exist in reality, even if not legally recognised by official laws.

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Deconstruction

Deconstruction is a critique of the relationship between text and meaning originated by the philosopher Jacques Derrida.

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Disadvantage

In policy debate, a disadvantage (abbreviated as DA, and sometimes referred to as: Disad) is an argument that a team brings up against a policy action that is being considered.

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Duke University

Duke University is a private, non-profit, research university located in Durham, North Carolina.

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Gary Alan Fine

Gary Alan Fine (born May 11, 1950, in New York City) is an American sociologist and author.

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Georgetown University

Georgetown University is a private research university in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States.

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Glossary of policy debate terms

This is a glossary of policy debate terms.

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Human extinction

In futures studies, human extinction is the hypothetical end of the human species.

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Inter-collegiate policy debate

Inter-collegiate policy debate is a form of speech competition involving two teams of two debaters from different colleges or universities based on a resolution phrased as something the United States federal government "should" do.

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Latin

Latin (Latin: lingua latīna) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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List of policy debaters

This list of notable policy debaters includes notable people who participated in policy debate in high school or college.

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National Association for Urban Debate Leagues

The National Association for Urban Debate Leagues (NAUDL) is a Chicago-based non-profit organization that prepares low income students of color to succeed in college and in their future careers by organizing and supporting competitive debate teams in urban public schools across the country.

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National Catholic Forensic League

The National Catholic Forensic League (NCFL) is a speech and debate league that was formed in 1951.

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National Christian Forensics and Communications Association

The National Christian Forensics and Communications Association is a speech and debate league for Christian homeschooled students in the United States.

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National Debate Tournament

The National Debate Tournament is one of the national championships for collegiate policy debate, public forum debate, Lincoln-Douglas debate, and other events in the United States.

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National Forensic Association

The National Forensic Association is a national intercollegiate organization designed to promote excellence in individual events and debate.

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National Speech and Debate Association

The National Speech and Debate Association, formerly the National Forensic League, is an interscholastic speech and debate organization serving the middle school, high school, and college students in the United States.

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Northwestern University

Northwestern University (NU) is a private research university based in Evanston, Illinois, United States, with other campuses located in Chicago and Doha, Qatar, and academic programs and facilities in Miami, Florida, Washington, D.C., and San Francisco, California.

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Nuclear warfare

Nuclear warfare (sometimes atomic warfare or thermonuclear warfare) is a military conflict or political strategy in which nuclear weaponry is used to inflict damage on the enemy.

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Orientalism

Orientalism is a term used by art historians and literary and cultural studies scholars for the imitation or depiction of aspects in Middle Eastern, South Asian, and East Asian cultures (Eastern world).

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Papyrus

Papyrus is a material similar to thick paper that was used in ancient times as a writing surface.

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Patriarchy

Patriarchy is a social system in which males hold primary power and predominate in roles of political leadership, moral authority, social privilege and control of property.

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Policy debate

Policy debate is a form of debate competition in which teams of two advocate for and against a resolution that typically calls for policy change by the United States federal government.

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Racism

Racism is the belief in the superiority of one race over another, which often results in discrimination and prejudice towards people based on their race or ethnicity.

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Resolved (film)

Resolved is a 2007 documentary film concerning the world of high school policy debate.

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Statism

In political science, statism is the belief that the state should control either economic or social policy, or both, to some degree.

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Stoa USA

Stoa USA, also referred to as Stoa, is a Christian homeschool forensics organization in the United States.

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Stock issues

In the formal speech competition genre known as policy debate, a widely accepted doctrine or "debate theory" divides the deliberative elements of proving the resolution affirmative into five logical issues, called the stock issues.

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Structure of policy debate

In all forms of policy debate, the order of speeches is as follows: 1.

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Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States (sometimes colloquially referred to by the acronym SCOTUS) is the highest federal court of the United States.

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Tabula rasa

Tabula rasa refers to the epistemological idea that individuals are born without built-in mental content and that therefore all knowledge comes from experience or perception.

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Texas Forensic Association

The Texas Forensic Association (TFA) is an organization that provides and regulates competition in speech and debate (forensics) for Texas high school students.

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Topicality (policy debate)

Topicality is a stock issue in policy debate which pertains to whether or not the plan affirms the resolution as worded.

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Tournament of Champions (debate)

The Tournament of Champions (TOC) is a national high school debate tournament held at the University of Kentucky every year on the last weekend in April.

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University of Idaho

The University of Idaho (officially abbreviated UI, locally referred to as "U of I" or "UIdaho") is the U.S. state of Idaho's oldest public university.

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University of Kentucky

The University of Kentucky (UK) is a public co-educational university in Lexington, Kentucky.

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Urban debate league

An urban debate league (UDL) is a group of high school policy debate teams from urban high schools in the United States.

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Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University is a private, independent, nonprofit, nonsectarian, coeducational research university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, founded in 1834.

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Washington State University

Washington State University (WSU) is a public research university in Pullman, Washington, in the Palouse region of the northwest United States. Founded in 1890, WSU (colloquially "Wazzu") is a land-grant university with programs in a broad range of academic disciplines. It is ranked in the top 140 universities in America with high research activity, as determined by U.S. News & World Report. With an undergraduate enrollment of 24,470 and a total enrollment of 29,686, it is the second largest institution of higher education in Washington state behind the University of Washington. The university also operates campuses across Washington known as WSU Spokane, WSU Tri-Cities, WSU Everett and WSU Vancouver, all founded in 1989. In 2012, WSU launched an Internet-based Global Campus, which includes its online degree program, WSU Online. These campuses award primarily bachelor's and master's degrees. Freshmen and sophomores were first admitted to the Vancouver campus in 2006 and to the Tri-Cities campus in 2007. Enrollment for the four campuses and WSU Online exceeds 29,686 students. This includes 1,751 international students. WSU's athletic teams are called the Cougars and the school colors are crimson and gray. Six men's and nine women's varsity teams compete in NCAA Division I in the Pac-12 Conference. Both men's and women's indoor track teams compete in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation.

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Whitman College

Whitman College is a private liberal arts college located in Walla Walla, Washington.

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Wichita State University

Wichita State University (WSU) is a public research university in Wichita, Kansas, United States, and governed by the Kansas Board of Regents.

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Willamette University

Willamette University is a private liberal arts college located in Salem, Oregon, United States.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Policy_debate

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