First Political Order

How Sex Shapes Governance and National Security Worldwide

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

AvValerie Hudson,Donna Lee Bowen,Perpetua Lynne Nielsen

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Global history records an astonishing variety of forms of social organization. Yet almost universally, males subordinate females. How does the relationship between men and women shape the wider political order? 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.Incorporating research findings spanning a variety of social science disciplines and comprehensive empirical data detailing the status of women around the globe, the book shows that female subordination functions almost as a curse upon nations. A society’s choice to subjugate women has significant negative consequences: worse governance, worse conflict, worse stability, worse economic performance, worse food security, worse health, worse demographic problems, worse environmental protection, and worse social progress. Yet despite the pervasive power of social and political structures that subordinate women, history—and the data—reveal possibilities for progress. The First Political Order shows that when steps are taken to reduce the hold of inequitable laws, customs, and practices, outcomes for all improve. It offers a new paradigm for understanding insecurity, instability, autocracy, and violence, explaining what the international community can do now to promote more equitable relations between men and women and, thereby, security and peace. With comprehensive empirical evidence of the wide-ranging harm of subjugating women, it is an important book for security scholars, social scientists, policy makers, historians, and advocates for women worldwide.

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Utgivningsdatum2021-08-31
Mått154 x 232 x 38 mm
Vikt885 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor616
FörlagColumbia University Press
ISBN9780231194679

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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.

AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: The First Political Order1. The First Political Order Is the Sexual Political Order2. The Oldest Security Provision Mechanism3. Assessing the Patrilineal/Fraternal Syndrome TodayPart II: The Effects of the First Political Order4. The Effects of the Syndrome, Part One: Governance and National Security5. The Tremors Caused by Obstructed Marriage Markets: A Closer Look6. The Effects of the Syndrome, Part Two: Human, Economic, and Environmental Security7. The Effects by the Numbers: The Syndrome and Measures of National OutcomesPart III: Change8. Change: Historical Successes and Failures9. Conclusion: Contemporary ApplicationsAppendix I: Syndrome Scores for 176 Countries Appendix II: Colonial Heritage Status Scores Appendix III: Testing the Effects: Methods and Extended ResultsAppendix IV: Dichotomization Cutpoints for Logistic Regression AnalysisAppendix V: High-Syndrome-Encoding Nations with Unexpectedly Good National OutcomesNotesBibliographyIndex

The First Political Order offers the strongest possible proof that male control of reproduction—and the violence necessary to control women's bodies—is the first step in normalizing violence and hierarchy in every society. From now on, there will be no more separating questions of politics and peace from the treatment of the females. Those days are over. Thanks to Valerie Hudson and her team of global researchers, we have a long, practical, intimate way of diminishing violence and increasing democracy.