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Women and Politics in Southeast Asia: Navigating a Mans World (The Liverpool Library of Asian & Asian American Studies)

Women and Politics in Southeast Asia: Navigating a Mans World (The Liverpool Library of Asian & Asian American Studies)

Theresa W Devasahayam
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This book aims to contribute to the discourse on women and politics in Southeast Asia. The chapters, covering Indonesia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Timor-Leste and Singapore, analyse the asymmetrical power relationships between the sexes and how power differentials between men and women play out in the realm of politics are a reflection of the power contestations women face with men in other spheres of everyday life. Each chapter seeks to ask a different question in terms of where women viz. men stand in the political landscape of their countries, in an effort to answer the question of Where are the women in the gender trope in Asian politics. While the chapters are primarily empirical as they delve into the challenges, contradictions and conflicts Southeast Asian women encounter, the main assertion is that womens struggles in the realm of politics are a result of having to operate within power structures created principally by men, thereby producing barriers for women to enter
politics, on the one h
Language
English
Pages
180
Format
Hardcover
Release
January 01, 2019
ISBN 13
9781845199067

Women and Politics in Southeast Asia: Navigating a Mans World (The Liverpool Library of Asian & Asian American Studies)

Theresa W Devasahayam
0/5 ( ratings)
This book aims to contribute to the discourse on women and politics in Southeast Asia. The chapters, covering Indonesia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Timor-Leste and Singapore, analyse the asymmetrical power relationships between the sexes and how power differentials between men and women play out in the realm of politics are a reflection of the power contestations women face with men in other spheres of everyday life. Each chapter seeks to ask a different question in terms of where women viz. men stand in the political landscape of their countries, in an effort to answer the question of Where are the women in the gender trope in Asian politics. While the chapters are primarily empirical as they delve into the challenges, contradictions and conflicts Southeast Asian women encounter, the main assertion is that womens struggles in the realm of politics are a result of having to operate within power structures created principally by men, thereby producing barriers for women to enter
politics, on the one h
Language
English
Pages
180
Format
Hardcover
Release
January 01, 2019
ISBN 13
9781845199067

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