The First Political Order: How Sex Shapes Governance and National Security Worldwide
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. The First Political Order Is the Sexual Political Order -- 2. The Oldest Security Provision Mechanism -- 3. Assessing the Patrilineal/Fraternal Syndrome Today -- 4. The Effects of the Syndrome, Part One: Governance and National Security -- 5. The Tremors Caused by Obstructed Marriage Markets: A Closer Look -- 6. The Effects of the Syndrome, Part Two: Human, Economic, and Environmental Security -- 7. The Effects by the Numbers: The Syndrome and Measures of National Outcome -- 8. Change: Historical Successes and Failures -- 9. Conclusion: Contemporary Applications -- Appendix I: Syndrome Scores for 176 Countries -- Appendix II: Colonial Heritage Status Sources -- Appendix III: Testing the Effects: Methods and Extended Results -- Appendix IV: Dichotomization Cutpoints for Logistic Regression Analysis -- Appendix V: High-Syndrome-Encoding Nations with Unexpectedly Good National Outcomes -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index