Levy, RonO'Flynn, IanGardner, James A.2025-12-102025-12-109781788119023https://hdl.handle.net/1885/733794682This chapter examines the potential healing role of direct democracy in settling severely disruptive inter-communal conflicts. Drawing on examples from around the globe, the authors argue that a well-designed referendum process, structured to produce meaningful deliberation, can help a badly divided society find peaceful and lasting solutions to internal differences.application/pdfen-AU© 2022 The Editor and Contributors Severally202210.4337/9781788119023.000212023-10-29