#argumentation__logical_argument__logicalargument__line_of_reasoning__line  methodical reasoning; "I can't follow your line of reasoning"
  supertype:  reasoning__logical_thinking__logicalthinking__abstract_thought  thinking that is coherent and logical
  subtype:  line_of_inquiry__line_of_questioning__lineofquestioning  an ordering of questions so as to develop a particular argument
  subtype:  casuistry.argumentation  argumentation that is specious or excessively subtle and intended to be misleading
  subtype:  policy  a line of argument rationalizing the course of action of a government; "they debated the policy or impolicy of the proposed legislation"
     subtype:  plank  an endorsed policy in the platform of a political party
     subtype:  economic_policy  a government policy for maintaining economic growth and tax revenues
        subtype:  fiscal_policy  a government policy for dealing with the budget (especially with taxation and borrowing)
        subtype:  New_Deal  the economic policy of F. D. Roosevelt
        subtype:  control.economic_policy  the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc.; "they wanted to repeal all the legislation that imposed economic controls"
           subtype:  price_control__pricecontrol  restriction on maximum prices that is established and maintained by the government (as during periods of war or inflation)
           subtype:  ceiling.control__cap  an upper limit on what is allowed: "they established a cap for prices"
           subtype:  floor.control__base  a lower limit: "the government established a wage floor"
              subtype:  price_floor  floor below which prices are not allowed to fall; "the government used price supports to maintain the price floor"
              subtype:  wage_floor  floor below which wages are not allowed to fall
        subtype:  perestroika  an economic policy adopted in the former Soviet Union; intended to increase automation and labor efficiency but it led eventually to the end of central planning in the Russian economy
        subtype:  protectionism  the policy of imposing duties or quotas on imports in order to protect home industries from overseas competition
           subtype:  trade_barrier__tradebarrier__import_barrier  any regulation or policy that restricts international trade
              subtype:  quota.trade_barrier  a limitation on imports; "the quota for Japanese imports was negotiated"
              subtype:  trade_embargo__tradeembargo__embargo__trade_stoppage__tradestoppage  a government order imposing a trade barrier
     subtype:  social_policy  a policy of for dealing with social issues
        subtype:  apartheid  the former official policy of racial segregation in South Africa
        subtype:  glasnost  a policy of the Soviet government allowing freer discussion of social problems
        subtype:  social_action  a policy of socioeconomic reform
           subtype:  affirmative_action__affirmativeaction  a policy designed to redress past discrimination against women and minority groups through measures to improve their economic and educational opportunities; "affirmative action has been extremely controversial and was challenged in 1978 in the Bakke decision"
        subtype:  nativism.social_policy  the policy of perpetuating native cultures (in opposition to acculturation)
     subtype:  party_line.policy__partyline  the policy of a political group; "He won in a vote along party lines"
     subtype:  foreign_policy__foreignpolicy  a policy governing international relations
        subtype:  brinkmanship  the policy of pushing a dangerous situation to the brink of disaster (to the limits of safety)
        subtype:  imperialism.foreign_policy  a policy of extending your rule over foreign countries
           subtype:  manifest_destiny  a policy of imperialism rationalized as inevitable (as if granted by God)
        subtype:  intervention.foreign_policy__interference  a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries
        subtype:  nonintervention__noninterference  a foreign policy of staying out of other countries' disputes
        subtype:  nonaggression  a policy of not initiating hostilities; "they signed a nonaggression pact"
        subtype:  isolationism  a policy of nonparticipation in international economic and political relations
        subtype:  Monroe_doctrine  an American foreign policy opposing interference in the Western hemisphere from outside powers
        subtype:  Truman_doctrine  President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology
        subtype:  neutralism  a policy of neutrality or nonalignment in international affairs
        subtype:  trade_policy__tradepolicy__nationaltradingpolicy  a government's policy controlling foreign trade
           subtype:  open-door_policy__open_door  the policy of granting equal trade opportunities to all countries
     subtype:  Zionism  a policy for establishing and developing a national homeland for Jews in Palestine

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