T/Framework – 1NC
. Policy focus is best for activism --- resolutional controversy trains activists and breaks down insular thinking
Coverstone 5 (Alan, Debate Coach – Montgomery Bell Academy, “Acting On Activism: Realizing the Vision of Debate with a Pro-Social Impact”, NCA Paper, 11-17, Not Online – Email charrigan@gmail.com For It)
Is it accurate, however, to portray
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necessary in order to dive directly into activism.
Worse, the potential list is literally infinite --- only our interpretation limits debate to promote politically relevant dialogue
Lutz 00 (Donald, Professor of Political Science – U Houston, Political Theory and Partisan Politics, p. 39-40)
Aristotle notes in the Politics that political theory
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the moral vision of the non-theorist.
Debate is a vehicle for spurring active student engagement with real-world issues
Joyner 99 (Christopher C., Professor of International Law – Georgetown U., 5 ILSA J Int’l & Comp L 377, June)
Use of the debate can be an effective
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analysis, political critique, and legal defense.
Tournament skills are translatable and enable critical contributions to broader public discussions --- rejecting policy debate wholesale throws the baby out with the bathwater
Mitchell and Suzuki 4 (Gordon R., Debate Coach and Professor of Communication – U Pittsburgh and Takeshi, Tsuda College, Tokyo, “Beyond the Daily Me: Argumentation in an Era of Enclave Deliberation”, 8-5)
Many of the same themes raised in the
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to both tournament debate and public debate contexts.
The alt creates a political void filled by elites – locking in oppression
Cook 92 (Anthony, Associate Professor – Georgetown Law, New England Law Review, Spring, 26 New Eng.L. Rev. 751, Lexis)
The effect of deconstructing the power of the
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their eloquence, prestige, wealth and power.
Obsession with purity destroys progressivism – politics is a necessary enterprise, even if its flawed
Grossberg 92 (Lawrence, Professor of Communication Studies – University of North Carolina, We Gotta Get Out of This Place: Popular Conservativism and Postmodern Culture, p. 396)
Above all, rethinking the possibility of a
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. An impure politics fighting for high stakes.
T/Framework – 2NC
1. “Resolved” before a colon reflects a legislative forum
Army Officer School 4 (5-12, “# 12, Punctuation – The Colon and Semicolon”, http://usawocc.army.mil/IMI/wg12.htm)
The colon introduces the following: a.
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colon) That this council petition the mayor.
2. “United States Federal Government should” means the debate is solely about the outcome of a policy established by governmental means
Ericson 3 (Jon M., Dean Emeritus of the College of Liberal Arts – California Polytechnic U., et al., The Debater’s Guide, Third Edition, p. 4)
The Proposition of Policy: Urging Future Action
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to perform the future action that you propose.
3. Increase means to become larger or greater in quantity
Encarta Online Dictionary. 2006. ("Increase." <http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/DictionaryResults.aspx?refid=1861620741>.)
in•crease [ in krss
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noun (plural in•creas•es)
4. ‘Democracy Assistance’ is transfer of material
Lappin 10 (Richard, Centre for Peace Research and Strategic Studies at the University of Leuven, visiting scholar at the Faculty of Political Sciences at the University of Belgrade, “What we talk about when we talk about Democracy Assistance: The Problem of Definition in Post-Conflict Approaches to Democratisation,” Central European Journal of International and Security Studies, Vol 4, Issue 1, 2010)
Democracy assistance can be most accurately defined as
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society groups, media groups and political parties.
5. “For” means within
Black 10 (Henry Campbell Black, M.A., “A Law Dictionary,” Second Edition, St. Paul Minn. West Publishing Co. 1910, http://blackslawdictionaryonline.com/blacks-law-dictionary-read-online/)
For: Belonging to, exercising authority or
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notary public in and for the said country.”
D. Topicality is a voting issue for fairness and outweighs all other issues because without it, debate is impossible
Shively 00 (Ruth Lessl, Assistant Prof Political Science – Texas A&M U., Partisan Politics and Political Theory, p. 181-182)
The requirements given thus far are primarily negative
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contestation rests on some basic agreement or harmony.
Islamaphobia DA – 1NC
Orientalist discourse dominates the debate on strategies to help promote democracy in the Middle East now.
Wilkins 10 (Karin – Prof. at University of Austin – Texas, Associate Director at Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Ph.D. – Univ. of Pennsylvania, “Considering “Traditional Society” in the Middle East: Learning Lerner All Over Again”, 2010, Journal of Middle East Media, http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwaus/LernerWilkins.pdf)
This study questions to what extent Lerner’s vision
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represent a notable departure from early development models.
Rigorous academic debate is critical to break down Orientalist assumptions that spark Islamaphobia.
Telhami, 4/22/2005(Shibley – Anwar Sadat professor of peace and development at the University of Maryland, Democracy: rising tide or mirage, p. http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Democracy%3A+rising+tide+or+mirage%3F-a0133370186)
I think we all agree that, no
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sharpness of the clash on the other side.
Academic discussions spills over.
Bukay, Spring 2007 (David – lecturer in the school of political science at the University of Haifa, Can There Be an Islamic Democracy?, The Middle East Quarterly, pp. 71-79)
While time has proven Wright wrong, the
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explained in a September 2003 interview.[41]
Orientalist assumptions makes global violence and war inevitable.
Batur 7 (Pinar - Vassar College, Handbook of the Sociology of Racial and Ethnic Relations, “Heart of Violence: Global Racism, War, and Genocide”)
Albert Memmi argued that “We have no
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21st century opened up with genocide, in Darfur
Democracy K – 1NC
The 1AC’s focus on making democracy less violent deflects critical scrutiny from democracy itself – the primary intellectual task should be interrogating democracy as a concept, not merely its specific manifestations.
Little 10 (Adrian, Associate Professor and Reader in Political Theory at the University of Melbourne, Political Studies, Vol 58, “Democratic Melancholy: On the Sacrosanct Place of Democracy in Radical Democratic Theory,” p. 971-2)
The hegemonic position of contemporary liberal democracy has
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related to the key assumptions of democratic politics.
Focusing on ways to improve democracy lends authority to hegemonic conceptions of the concept and conceals violence carried out in its name.
Little 10 (Adrian, Associate Professor and Reader in Political Theory at the University of Melbourne, Political Studies, Vol 58, “Democratic Melancholy: On the Sacrosanct Place of Democracy in Radical Democratic Theory,” p. 975-6)
The main focus in radical democratic theory has
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nature of sovereignty and the rule of law.
This system makes global warfare and extinction inevitable
Campbell 98 (David, professor of international politics at the University of Newcastle. Writing Security, p. 199 – 202)
An invitation to this line of thought can
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the power to guarantee an individual's continued existence."
In the spirit of occupy Wall Street, Mike and I occupy debate in solidarity with protesters in Tahrir Square. Reject the Aff’s endorsement of democracy in favor of a critical interrogation of the concept – that’s key to contest hegemonic conceptions of democracy.
Little 10 (Adrian, Associate Professor and Reader in Political Theory at the University of Melbourne, Political Studies, Vol 58, “Democratic Melancholy: On the Sacrosanct Place of Democracy in Radical Democratic Theory,” p. 983-985)
The failure to critique democracy in anglophone radical
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that are set for it in complex societies.
Democracy K – 2NC
-- Affirming democracy forecloses criticism – the Alt is mutually exclusive with the Aff.
Little 10 (Adrian, Associate Professor and Reader in Political Theory at the University of Melbourne, Political Studies, Vol 58, “Democratic Melancholy: On the Sacrosanct Place of Democracy in Radical Democratic Theory,” p. 971-2)
While the primary target in this trend has
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the heart of democracy’s foundations and its continuation.
Criticism must be directed at democracy itself – the Aff’s approach make violence inevitable.
Little 6 (Adrian, Senior Lecturer in Political Theory at the University of Melbourne, Theoria, December, “Theorizing Democracy and Violence: The Case of Northern Ireland,” p. 72-73, Ebsco)
All of this suggests that it is advisable
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instead the two cohabit the space of politics.
-- Critically rejecting democracy must come prior to evaluating ways to make it better – the term disguises massive global suffering and inequity.
Badiou 11 (Alain, professor at European Graduate School, former chair of Philosophy at the École Normale Supérieure, Democracy in What State?, “The Democratic Emblem,” p. 6-8)
Despite all that is devaluing the word democracy
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type are egoism and desire for petty enjoyments.
Case
Plan doesn’t solve neoliberalism in the U.S. –
A. Citizens United expanded corporate control.
Mehra, 1/22/2010 (Amol, The Corporation of Democracy? Our First Amendment and Campaign Finance Law after Citizens United v. Federal Elections Committee, p. http://www.rightrespect.com/2010/01/22/the-corporatization-of-democracy-our-first-amendment-and-campaign-finance-law-after-citizens-united-v-federal-elections-committee/)
On January 21, 2010, the Supreme
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influence elections like never before – and heavily.
B. Powerful courts – Brown concedes.
Brown 2010 (Wendy, We Are Democrats Now…, Theory & Event, Vol. 13, Iss. 2, http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/theory_and_event/v013/13.2.brown01.html)
Third, neoliberalism as a political rationality has
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people ruling themselves. [THEIR CARD ENDS]
Capital and neoliberal rationality are not the only
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empowers and politicizes a non-representative institution.
Occupy movements lack detail and overgeneralize the corporations
Daniel Fund Ethics Initiative 2011 (The Occupy Wall Street Movement, p. http://danielsethics.mgt.unm.edu/pdf/Occupy%20Wall%20Street%20DI.pdf)
Most people believe the protestors have the right
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without taking individual responsibility for their own irresponsible actions
Collapsing neoliberalism results in increased corporate power
Phillipe Legrain, special adviser to the WTO director general Mike Moore, 2000, The WTO: Boon or Bane for the Developing World, p. http://www.focusweb.org/publications/2000/The%20WTOThe%20WTO-Boon%20or%20Bane%20for%20the%20Developing%20World.htm
A convincing case for the WTO’s abolition must
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much richer than their counterparts 30 years ago.
-- Environment is resilient
Easterbrook 95 (Gregg, Distinguished Fellow – Fullbright Foundation, A Moment on Earth, p. 25)
In the aftermath of events such as Love
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of the magnitude nature is accustomed to resisting.
-- Long time-frame
Kay 1 (Jane, “Study Takes Historical Peek at Plight of Ocean Ecosystems”, San Francisco Chronicle, 7-26, Lexis)
The collapse of ecosystems often occur over a
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are fewer seals and sea lions to eat.
-- Environment strong and improving – their authors lie
Dutton 1 (Dr. Dennis, Professor of Philosophy – University of Canterbury (New Zealand), “Greener Than You Think”, The Washington Post, 10-21, http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=& contentId=A12789-2001Oct18)
That the human race faces environmental problems is
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unchallenged into the folklore of environmental disaster scenarios.
Neoliberalism is inevitable – markets control our thought
Hudson 99 [Mark, Progressive Librarian, Fall, “Understanding Information Media in the Age of Neoliberalism: The Contributions of Herbert Schiller”]
Neoliberal ideas are as old as capitalism itself
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hegemony for our politics, economy and culture.
Capitalism is resilient – it’ll bounce back
Foster 9 (JD, Norman B. Ture Senior Fellow in the Economics of fiscal policy – Heritage Foundation, "Is Capitalism Dead? Maybe," 3-11, http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101694302)
Capitalism is down. It may even be
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repeat the cycle again sometime down the road.
Cap is strong – financial crisis means nothing
Cass 8 (Sam, Financial services and banking analyst, "Capitalism Will Survive - Bailout or No Bailout," 9-29, http://www.bestcashcow.com/the_economy/article/sam_cass/capitalism-will-survive-bailout-or-no-bailout)
As the House prepares to reject the Troubled
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the excess all over again. That's capitalism.
This means that the result of the neoliberal movement will inevitable be controlled by the extreme right.
Completely rejecting humanism is self-marginalizing and disables effective coalitional politics – and causes a right fill-in
Perkin 93 (J. Russell, Professor of English – St. Mary’s College, “Theorizing the Culture Wars”, 3(3), p. Muse)
My final criticism is that Spanos, by
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endorses a coalition of liberalism and the left.
