%0 Journal Article %A van Eemeren, Frans H. %T Strategic maneuvering in argumentative discourse in political deliberation %D 2013 %J Journal of Argumentation in Context %V 2 %N 1 %P 10-31 %@ 2211-4742 %R https://doi.org/10.1075/jaic.2.1.01eem %K argumentative characterization %K (extended) pragma-dialectics %K institutional point %K strategic maneuvering. %K confrontational strategic maneuver(ing) %K (political) deliberation %K communicative activity type %K institutional precondition %I John Benjamins %X In this essay, first the pragma-dialectical theory of strategic maneuvering is explained. Then the focus is on the conventionalization of communicative practices in communicative activity types and the institutional constraints it imposes on strategic maneuvering. Thus, an adequate background is created for discussing, on the basis of several recent projects, pragma-dialectical research of argumentative discourse in the political domain. %U https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/jaic.2.1.01eem