Bare Branches: The Security Implications of Asia's Surplus Male Population

Neuausgabe 2004
ISBN: 978-0-262-08325-6
Verlag: MIT PR

Buch, Englisch, 344 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 242 mm, Gewicht: 608 g

Reihe: Belfer Center Studies in International Security

What happens to a society that has too many men? In this provocative 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.Hudson and den Boer suggest that the sex ratios of many Asian
countries, particularly China and India -- which represent almost 40 percent of the world's
population -- are being skewed in favor of males on a scale that may be unprecedented in human
history. Through offspring sex selection (often in the form of sex-selective abortion and female
infanticide), these countries are acquiring a disproportionate number of low-status young adult
males, called "bare branches" by the Chinese.Hudson and den Boer argue that this surplus male
population in Asia's largest countries threatens domestic stability and international security. The
prospects for peace and democracy are dimmed by the growth of bare branches in China and India, and,
they maintain, the sex ratios of these countries will have global implications in the twenty-first
century.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Den Boer, Andrea M.

Hudson, Valerie M.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Demographie, Demoskopie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Wirtschaftsstatistik, Demographie

Über Autor(innen)

Den Boer, Andrea M.
Andrea M. den Boer is a a Research Fellow in the Department of Politics and
International Relations at the University of Kent at Canterbury.

Hudson, Valerie M.
Valerie M. Hudson is Professor of Political Science and faculty affiliate at the
David M. Kennedy School for International and Area Studies at Brigham Young
University. She is the author of the books <I>Culture and Foreign
Policy</I> and <I>Artificial Intelligence and International
Politics</I> and coeditor of <I>The Limits of State Autonomy: Societal
Groups and Foreign Policy Formulation</I> and <I>Political Psychology
and Foreign Policy</I>.

Valerie M. Hudson is Professor of Political Science and faculty affiliate at the David M. Kennedy School for International and Area Studies at Brigham Young University. She is the author of the books Culture and Foreign Policy and Artificial Intelligence and International Politics and coeditor of The Limits of State Autonomy: Societal Groups and Foreign Policy Formulation and Political Psychology and Foreign Policy . Andrea M. den Boer is a a Research Fellow in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Kent at Canterbury.