The First Political Order: How Sex Shapes Governance and National Security Worldwide

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

Book Overview

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.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231194668
• ISBN13: 9780231194662
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 616 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.5" x 9.9"