Conclusion

This concluding chapter reprises the book’s content and offers several key lessons. It also proffers predictions about where future work may take studies of deliberative design for peace referendums. Referendums are now part of very many peacemaking efforts. We expect referendums to continue to be used this way. But when this occurs, the success of peace referendums—particularly their capacities to achieve and secure the endurance of constitutional peace settlements—may turn largely on whether institutional supports for deliberation are in place.