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Author Lilja, Mona

Title Power, resistance and women politicians in Cambodia : discourses of emancipation / Mona Lilja
Published Copenhagen : NIAS ; [Abingdon] : [Marston, distributor], 2008

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Description 1 online resource (x, 214 pages)
Series NIAS - Nordic Institute of Asian Studies. Monograph series ; 108
Nordic Institute of Asian Studies monograph series ; no. 108.
Contents Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction -- 2. Theorizing power, theorizing resistance: The unpacking of identities, representations and discourses -- 3. Hybrid democracy in a Cambodian context: A discursive construction with implications for women -- 4. lack of (and longing for) a 'third space': The female gender and male politician -- 5. Normalizing as a strategy of resistance -- 6. Discourses and representations as means of resistance -- 7. Identities as means of resistance -- 8. Deconstruction as resistance
Summary "In a world where there are few women politicians, Cambodia is still noticeable as a country where strong cultural and societal forces act to subjugate women and limit their political opportunities. However, in their everyday life, Cambodian women do try to improve their situation and increase their political power, not least via manifold strategies of resistance. This book focuses on Cambodian female politicians and the strategies they deploy in their attempts to destabilize the cultural boundaries and hierarchies that restrain them. In particular, the focus is on how women use discourses and identities as means of resistance, a concept only recently of wide interest among scholars studying power." "The value of this book is thus twofold: not only does it give a unique insight into the political struggles of Cambodian women; it also offers new insights to studies of power. Political scientists will find this book particularly useful because it extends the concept of resistance. However, it also creates a framework of analysis that will inspire researchers in other fields."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-210) and index
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Subject Women politicians -- Cambodia
Women -- Political activity -- Cambodia
Women -- Cambodia -- Social conditions
Political culture -- Cambodia
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
Political culture
Politics and government
Women -- Political activity
Women politicians
Women -- Social conditions
Politikerin
Politischer Wandel
Kvinnliga politiker -- Kambodja.
Kvinnor -- Kambodja -- sociala förhållanden.
Politisk kultur -- Kambodja.
SUBJECT Cambodia -- Politics and government -- 1979-1993. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh98001699
Subject Cambodia
Kambodscha.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9788776945619
8776945618