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  2. Spiral of silence - Wikipedia

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    First, is the legal term used to define "public land" or "public spaces." Second concerns the issues of people as seen in journalism. Finally, public as in "public eye" is used in social psychology and refers to the way people think outwardly about their relationships. Public, in this sense, could be characterized as social psychology. This is ...

  3. Structure of policy debate - Wikipedia

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    The First Negative Constructive (1NC) is the first speech given by the negative team and the second speech in the round. It is given by the first negative speaker. The 1NC will generally present all of the major arguments which the negative plans to present in the round. Off-case arguments made include topicality, disadvantages, counter plans ...

  4. Wikipedia:Don't cite essays or proposals as if they were policy

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    Discuss the issue; don't instantly resort to peppering the discussion with shortcuts to essays. Particularly avoid using m:jerk which editors may find flat offensive. If you do find yourself wanting to throw essays at someone, you may be getting overheated and would do well with backing off to cool down a bit.

  5. Glossary of policy debate terms - Wikipedia

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    In policy debate, the negative block refers to the second negative constructive (2NC) and the first negative rebuttal (1NR). Although the two speeches are divided by a three-minute cross-examination of the 2NC, they are given back to back without the interruption of an affirmative speech. This is purposely arranged in academic policy debate to ...

  6. Double bind - Wikipedia

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    A double bind is a dilemma in communication in which an individual (or group) receives two or more mutually conflicting messages. In some scenarios (e.g. within families or romantic relationships) this can be emotionally distressing, creating a situation in which a successful response to one message results in a failed response to the other (and vice versa), such that the person responding ...

  7. Dualism (politics) - Wikipedia

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    Dualism in terms of politics, refers to specific political concepts that are related to the functional or structural duality of a particular political system.In some states, functional dualism is manifested through the division of power between the two main branches of government (legislative and executive).

  8. Structure and agency - Wikipedia

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    These internalized relationships and habitual expectations and relationships form, over time, the habitus. Bourdieu's work attempts to reconcile structure and agency, as external structures are internalized into the habitus while the actions of the agent externalize interactions between actors into the social relationships in the field ...

  9. Dual federalism - Wikipedia

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    Dual federalism, also known as layer-cake federalism or divided sovereignty, is a political arrangement in which power is divided between the federal and state governments in clearly defined terms, with state governments exercising those powers accorded to them without interference from the federal government.