The effects of mixed membership in a deliberative forum: the Irish Constitutional Convention of 2012-2014

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dc.contributor.authorFarrell, David M.
dc.contributor.authorSuiter, Jane
dc.contributor.authorHarris, Clodagh
dc.contributor.authorCunningham, Kevin
dc.contributor.funderDepartment of the Taoiseach, Ireland
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-25T10:53:23Z
dc.date.available2019-04-25T10:53:23Z
dc.date.issued2019-03-25
dc.date.updated2019-04-25T10:44:23Z
dc.description.abstractThe Constitutional Convention was established by the Irish government in 2012. It was tasked with making recommendations on a number of constitutional reform proposals. As a mini-public, its membership was a mix of 66 citizens (randomly selected) and 33 politicians (self-selected). Its recommendations were debated on the floor of the Irish parliament with three of them leading to constitutional referendums; other recommendations are in the process of being implemented. This article uses data gathered during and after the operation of the Convention to examine this real-world example of a mixed-membership mini-public. The focus is on how the inclusion of politicians may have impacted on the Convention's mode of operation and/or its outcomes. We find little impact in terms of its operation (e.g. no evidence that politicians dominated the discussions). There is evidence of a slight liberal bias among the politician membership, but this had little effect on the outcomes.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionAccepted Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationFarrell, D. M., Suiter, J., Harris, C. and Cunningham, K. (2019) 'The effects of mixed membership in a deliberative forum: the Irish Constitutional Convention of 2012-2014', Political Studies, pp. 1-20. doi: 10.1177/0032321719830936en
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0032321719830936en
dc.identifier.eissn1467-9248
dc.identifier.endpage20en
dc.identifier.issn0032-3217
dc.identifier.journaltitlePolitical Studiesen
dc.identifier.startpage1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/7799
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherSAGE Publicationsen
dc.relation.urihttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0032321719830936
dc.rights© 2019, the Authors. Published by SAGE Publications. All rights reserved.en
dc.subjectDeliberative democracyen
dc.subjectDeliberationen
dc.subjectMini-publicsen
dc.subjectSortitionen
dc.subjectCitizens' assembliesen
dc.titleThe effects of mixed membership in a deliberative forum: the Irish Constitutional Convention of 2012-2014en
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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