The First Political Order is a groundbreaking demonstration that the persistent and systematic subordination of women underlies all other institutions, with wide-ranging implications for global security and development. It offers a new paradigm for understanding insecurity, instability, autocracy, and violence.

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: The First Political Order
1. The First Political Order Is the Sexual Political Order
2. The Oldest Security Provision Mechanism
3. Assessing the Patrilineal/Fraternal Syndrome Today
Part II: The Effects of the First Political Order
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 Outcomes
Part III: Change
8. Change: Historical Successes and Failures
9. Conclusion: Contemporary Applications
Appendix I: Syndrome Scores for 176 Countries
Appendix II: Colonial Heritage Status Scores
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

Valerie M. Hudson, Donna Lee Bowen, and Perpetua Lynne Nielsen