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 is a University Distinguished Professor and holds the George H. W. Bush Chair in the Department of International Affairs of the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University, where she directs the Program on Women, Peace, and Security. She is a coauthor of Sex and World Peace (Columbia, 2012) and The Hillary Doctrine: Sex and American Foreign Policy (Columbia, 2015), among others.
Donna Lee Bowen is professor emerita of political science and Middle East studies at Brigham Young University. Her publications include Everyday Life in the Muslim Middle East (third edition, 2014).
Perpetua Lynne Nielsen is professor of statistics at Brigham Young University.