Despite longstanding scholarly interest in international institutions, remarkably little research has been conducted in variation in performance across organizations. In this essay, I review Ranjit Lall's book which aims to fill that gap. Lall argues that the chief impediment to high-functioning international organizations (IOs) are member-states with particularistic interests that attempt to…
As Tocqueville saw almost 200 years ago, rituals sit uncomfortably with democratic people, who tend to see them as inegalitarian or unjust impositions of authority. Molly Farneth's new book, The Politics of Ritual, encourages, American progressiveness to see ritual differently. Rituals, she says, can be enacted in novel ways to serve democratic ends in in the service of political and cultura…
The primary focus on the overall higher risk for poor psychosocial and health outcomes has overshadowed inquiries into general psychological processes that might support the psychological well-being of trans- gender and nonbinary individuals (TNB). Using self-determination theory to assess basic psychological needs (BPN) satisfaction and recent findings about the importance of authenticity to T…