Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
4. INTRODUCTION 1
5. PART I. THE FIRST POLITICAL ORDER
6. 1. The First Political Order Is the Sexual Political Order 11
7. 2. The Oldest Security Provision Mechanism 21
8. 3. Assessing the Patrilineal/Fraternal Syndrome Today 49
9. PART II. THE EFFECTS OF THE FIRST POLITICAL ORDER
10. 4. The Effects of the Syndrome, Part One: Governance and National Security 107
11. 5. The Tremors Caused by Obstructed Marriage Markets: A Closer Look 144
12. 6. The Effects of the Syndrome, Part Two: Human, Economic, and Environmental Security 167
13. 7. The Effects by the Numbers: The Syndrome and Measures of National Outcome 179
14. PART III. CHANGE
15. 8. Change: Historical Successes and Failures 313
16. 9. Conclusion: Contemporary Applications 341
17. Appendix I: Syndrome Scores for 176 Countries 379
18. Appendix II: Colonial Heritage Status Sources 389
19. Appendix III: Testing the Effects: Methods and Extended Results 399
20. Appendix IV: Dichotomization Cutpoints for Logistic Regression Analysis 475
21. Appendix V: High-Syndrome-Encoding Nations with Unexpectedly Good National Outcomes 481
22. Notes 491
23. Bibliography 561
24. Index 591