Types Counterplan

1 types

1.1 plan inclusive
1.2 delay
1.3 consult
1.4 exclusionary
1.5 agent
1.6 plan exclusive
1.7 advantage

types
plan inclusive

plan inclusive counterplans (pics) enact or parts of affirmative plan. counterplans 100% plan-inclusive have shaky competition claims, resting on dense theory.

delay

a delay counterplan passes plan on specified future date or contingent on specified future event, claiming net benefits short-term disadvantages (typically politics, , elections variant).

consult

a consult counterplan has entity (other governments, ngos, etc.) overview, , possibly make revisions affirmative plan. if entity approves plan, passed original actor. if rejected, actor not pass plan. consult counterplans have net benefit of improved relations consulted actor or body. example european union review plan, make revisions, , have actor follow eu s suggestions.

exclusionary

an exclusionary counterplan enacts parts of affirmative plan. net benefits based on parts excluded. there dispute legitimacy of exclusion pics - supporters affirmative should prepared defend advocacy, while opponents negative teams can find wrong plan , exclusion pics abusive.

agent

an agent counterplan has affirmative plan enacted different actor (other governments, ngos, fifty states, etc.), or through cooperation other actors (such european union, or india). net benefits solvency boosts, can include better execution, increased effectiveness, shorter timeframe, less corruption, , in case of cooperation counterplans, increased relations participating actors. example fifty states enact plan, benefit being rebalancing of federalism. (beginning 1975 lichtman , rohrer general theory of counterplan through michael korcok , paul strait brett wallance recently) have argued kind of fiat involved these counterplans inconsistent logic of decision making.

plan exclusive

a plan exclusive counterplan (pec) not use affirmative plan, still competitive plan. if affirmative plan uses united states actor, example of pec disband u.s. government. type of counterplan provides clear competition affirmative plan because 2 mutually exclusive. judge must choose either plan or counterplan. kind of counterplan favored debaters combine counterplans kritiks such alternative of criticism counterplan (e.g., countering affirmative increases number of members of united states armed forces kritik of militarism , counterplan disband united states armed forces).

advantage

an advantage counterplan counterplan solves 1 of affirmative s advantages. negative either has turn other advantage s solvency or impact or run disadvantage or kritik doesn t link counterplan, net benefit counterplan.