The Perception of the Legitimacy of Citizens’ Assemblies in Deeply Divided Places? Evidence of public and elite opinion from consociational Northern Ireland
| Autor: | Garry, J, Pow, J, Coakley, J, Farrell, D, O'Leary, B, Tilley, J |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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021110 strategic
defence & security studies Public Administration Sociology and Political Science media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences 0211 other engineering and technologies 02 engineering and technology Northern ireland 0506 political science Perception Political science Political economy Elite 050602 political science & public administration Legitimacy media_common |
| Zdroj: | Garry, J, Pow, J, Coakley, J, Farrell, D, O'Leary, B & Tilley, J 2021, ' The Perception of the Legitimacy of Citizens’ Assemblies in Deeply Divided Places? Evidence of public and elite opinion from consociational Northern Ireland ', Government and Opposition: An International Journal of Comparative Politics . https://doi.org/10.1017/gov.2021.4 |
| Popis: | How much public and elite support is there for the use of a citizens’ assembly – a random selection of citizens brought together to consider a policy issue – to tackle major, deadlock-inducing disagreements in deeply divided places with consociational political institutions? We focus on Northern Ireland and use evidence from a cross-sectional attitude survey, a survey-based experiment and elite interviews. We find that the general public support decision-making by a citizens’ assembly, even when the decision reached is one they personally disagree with. However, support is lower among those with strong ideological views. We also find that elected politicians oppose delegating decision-making power to an ‘undemocratic’ citizens’ assembly, but are more supportive of recommendation-making power. These findings highlight the potential for post-conflict consociations to be amended, with the consent of the parties, to include citizens’ assemblies that make recommendations but not binding policy. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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