CONTENTS

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 Outcome

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