| ID | 103269 |
| Title Proper | Women deficit and violent conflicts |
| Other Title Information | perspectives on democracy in Asia |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Gaan, Narottam |
| Publication | 2011. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Literature on civil war, insurgency and terrorism has highlighted the role of other causal factors such as the scarcity of valuable natural resources, the degree of ethnic fractionalization, societal segmentation and the type of political regime while showing short shrift to the importance of population age structure. Saying this does not in any way denude these factors of their significant role in the onset of civil war but the importance of youthful age structure in insurgency based civil wars and terrorism should not be undermined. Numerous studies explicated how female deficits in Asia could drive the youths into the vortex of violence and terrorist activities. Taking India and China as case studies, this paper argues that a significant number of young adult males will not be able to tie the nuptial bond due to deficit of women in the society. These left out unmarried adult males would be the stirring causes of conflicts, insurgency, civil war and acts of terrorism intensely affecting the perspectives of democracy in these countries. |
| `In' analytical Note | BIISS Journal Vol. 31, No. 3; Jul 2010: p285-299 |
| Journal Source | BIISS Journal Vol. 31, No. 3; Jul 2010: p285-299 |
| Key Words | Women ; Violent Conflict ; Violence ; Asia ; Democracy |