Power, Resistance and Women Politicians in Cambodia
Discourses of Emancipation
Mona Lilja

ISBN 978-87-7694-020-1
2008, 224 pp., illus.

• Unique insight into the political struggles of Cambodian women.
• Extends the concept of resistance and creates a framework of analysis that will inspire researchers in other fields.

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. 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 book focuses on how women use discourses and identities as means of resistance, a concept only recently of wide interest among scholars studying power.