Bare Branches
Subtitle: The Security Implications of Asia's Surplus Male Population (BCSIA Studies in International Security)
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: May 1, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 339
ISBN-13: 9780262083256
Subjects: Gender studies; International relations; Population & demography; Social Science; Sociology; Asia - General; Human Geography; Men's Studies - General; Political Science / Political Freedom & Security / Intelligence; Demography; Ethnic Studies - Asian American Studies; Public Policy - Social Policy; ASIA; Sex discrimination against wom; Sex discrimination against women; Sex distribution (Demography); Sex of children, Parental pref; Sex of children, Parental preferences for; Social aspects
First sentence: Biologists, sociologists, and anthropologists have long assumed that scarcity, whether natural or man-made, is the chief catalyst for both social competition and social conflict.
Description: "What happens to a society that has too many men? In this book, Valerie Hudson and Andrea den Boer argue that, historically, high male-to-female ratios often trigger domestic and international violence. Most violent crime is committed by young unmarried males who lack stable social bonds. Although there is not always a direct cause-and-effect relationship, these surplus men often play a crucial role in making violence prevalent within society. Governments sometimes respond to this problem by enlisting young surplus males in military campaigns and high-risk public works projects. Countries with high male-to-female ratios also tend to develop authoritarian political systems."--BOOK JACKET.