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In:Exploring Dialogue: Selected essays on argumentation by Erik C. W. Krabbe with contributions by Jan Albert van Laar
Edited by Erik C.W. Krabbe and Jan Albert van Laar
[Argumentation in Context 23] 2026
► pp. 344–375

Chapter 19
Fair and unfair strategies in public controversies

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Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Controversies and strategies
  • 3.Strategies in the controversy about natural gas and induced earthquakes in Groningen
  • 4.Fair and unfair strategies
    • 4.1Three aspects of fairness
      • (1)Fair shares
      • (2)No cheating
      • (3)No coercion
    • 4.2Fairness and unfairness in strategies
      • (1)Misleading
      • (2)Spinning
      • (3)Trivialization
      • (4)Fobbing off
      • (5)Pushmi-pullyu
      • (6)Belittlement
      • (7)Shelving
      • (8)Rationalization
      • (9)Conciliation
      • (10)Ad baculum
      • (11)Daddy-gets-angry
      • (12)Ad misericordiam
      • (13)Quid pro quo
      • (14)Asking too much
  • 5.Effects of strategies
  • 6.Choosing one’s strategy
  • 7.Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • References
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