Gender Imbalance and Terrorism in Developing Countries

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6284645
AutoresJaved Younas (0000-0003-2032-2448, American University of Sharjah), Tod Sandler (0000-0001-9077-5915, School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA)
Año2017
Volumen61
Número3
Páginas483-510
Fecha de publicación2017-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Conflict Resolution (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0022-0027 • E-ISSN: 1552-8766
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0022002715603102
PMID28232755
OpenAlexW2139037681
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas15
Referencias citadas37

This article investigates whether gender imbalance may be conducive to domestic terrorism in developing countries. A female-dominated society may not provide sufficient administration, law, or order to limit domestic terrorism, especially since societies in developing countries primarily turn to males for administration, policing, and paramilitary forces. Other economic considerations support female imbalance resulting in grievance-generated terrorism. Because male dominance may also be linked to terrorism, empirical tests are ultimately needed to support our prediction. Based on panel data for 128 developing countries for 1975 to 2011, we find that female gender imbalance results in more total and domestic terrorist attacks. This female gender imbalance does not affect transnational terrorism in developing countries or domestic and transnational terrorism in developed countries. Further tests show that gender imbalance affects terrorism only when bureaucratic institutions are weak. Many robustness tests support our results

Bureaucracy · Criminology · Developing country · Development economics · Domestic terrorism · Dominance (genetics · Economic growth · Economics · Grievance · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Terrorism · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Psychology · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence