ABSTRACT
In the introduction we identified the dual theoretical and practical political challenge of this study. The creation and design of political structures intended to give a voice to sub-state national groups is extremely important to the political leaders involved and to the people for whom they are created. For academics and researchers they also pose theoretical challenges. Part II describes a wide range of structures and thus illustrates the choice available and the extraordinary imagination and ingenuity of those involved in structural design. The previous chapter considered the ways in which the matrix can be used in a practical sense by those wanting to provide a political voice for sub-state national groups and thus fulfilled one of the aims set out in the introduction. Here we satisfy the other stated goal as we first revisit the issue of theory and practice and then indicate the broader relevance of our research for continuing study of both the politics of group representation and structural design.
