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AbstractHow 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.

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.

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Introduction 1. - PART I. ASYMMETRICAL APPROACHES TO STATE DESIGN. - 1 Cases of Asymmetrical Territorial Autonomy 17. - 2 The Russian Constitutional System: Complexity and Asymmetry 48. - 3 Partial Asymmetry and Federal Construction: Accommodating Diversity in the Canadian Constitution 75. - 4 Elusive Autonomy in Sub-Saharan Africa 97. - 5 Asymmetry in the Face of Heavily Disproportionate Power Relations: Hong Kong 121. - 6 Asymmetric Autonomy in the United Kingdom 148. - PART II. CONFLICT SETTLEMENTS. - 7 Thinking About Asymmetry and Symmetry in the Remaking of Iraq 183. - PART III. EMERGING SETTLEMENTS. - 8 The Case for Asymmetric Federalism in Georgia: A Missed Opportunity 213. - 9 Gagauz Autonomy in Moldova: The Real and the Virtual in Post-Soviet State Design 231. - 10 Asymmetric Autonomy and Power Sharing for Sri Lanka: A Political Solution to Ethnic Conflict? 252. - 11 Puntland's Declaration of Autonomy and Somaliland's Secession: Two Quests for Self-Governance in a Failed State 278. - Conclusion 298

Groundwater historically has been a critical but understudied, underfunded, and underappreciated natural resource, although recent challenges associated with both groundwater quantity and quality have raised its profile. This is particularly true in the Laurentian Great Lakes (LGL) region, where the rich abundance of surface water results in the perception of an unlimited water supply but limited attention on groundwater resources. As a consequence, groundwater management recommendations in the LGL have been severely constrained by our lack of information. To address this information gap, a virtual summit was held in June 2021 that included invited participants from local, state, and federal government entities, universities, non-governmental organizations, and private firms in the region. Both technical (e.g., hydrologists, geologists, ecologists) and policy experts were included, and participants were assigned to an agricultural, urban, or coastal wetland breakout group in advance, based on their expertise. The overall goals of this groundwater summit were fourfold: (1) inventory the key (grand) challenges facing groundwater in Michigan; (2) identify the knowledge gaps and scientific needs, as well as policy recommendations, associated with these challenges; (3) construct a set of conceptual models that elucidate these challenges; and (4) develop a list of (tractable) next steps that can be taken to address these challenges. Absent this type of information, the sustainability of this critical resource is imperiled.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction. Nation-States in History -- PART 1. NATIONAL IDENTITIES -- Chapter 1. Nationalism, Popular Sovereignty, and the Liberal Democratic State -- Chapter 2. What States Can Do with Nations: An Iron Law of Nationalism and Federation? -- Chapter 3. A State without a Nation? Russia after Empire -- Chapter 4. The Return of the Coercive State: Behavioral Control in Multicultural Society -- PART 2. STATE SECURITY -- Chapter 5. States, Security Function, and the New Global Forces -- Chapter 6. States and War in Africa -- PART 3. STATE AUTONOMY -- Chapter 7. National Legislatures in Common Markets: Autonomy in the European Union and Mercosur -- Chapter 8. The Tax State in the Information Age -- Chapter 9. States, Politics, and Globalization: Why Institutions Still Matter -- Chapter 10. Globalization, the State, and Industrial Relations: Common Challenges, Divergent Transitions -- PART 4. STATE CAPACITY -- Chapter 11. The State after State Socialism: Poland in Comparative Perspective -- Chapter 12. Rotten from Within: Decentralized Predation and Incapacitated State -- Conclusion. What States Can Do Now -- Contributors -- Index