This book shows that the 2014 referendum—as a complex socio-cultural and political moment in recent Scottish history—was politically defined but largely shaped by discourse, text, and cultural practice. It was constructed, enacted, and mythologised as a highly participatory moment. The discursive emphasis on political empowermentempowerment, participation, and progressiveness in public debate was found to have established the conditions for a new valuation of democratic voice and popular participation, while maintaining elite structures of political participation and representation. The crucial contribution of these findings to academic and political discussions on the potentials and limitations of contemporary plebiscitary decision-making and participatory politics are discussed in this closing chapter. The chapter consolidates key findings from this study and considers their relevance within the current political climate, with attention to their significance for other case studies and future plebiscitary processes and referendums—in Scotland and elsewhere. Indeed, the discursive constructions, representations, and performances of popular participation found in the political decision-making of the referendumpublic sphere raise larger questions around elite contributions to participatory democratic events, the organisation of participatory politics, and related political exclusions faced by any contemporary political culture aspiring to inclusiveness.