ABSTRACT
This chapter shows how constructions of power and discourses create certain kinds of discursive resistance in Cambodia. By applying the notion of concretism, it shows how, in order to strengthen alternative resisting discourses, people must map their mental representations against what they comprehend as more concrete representations and generate a match. Reviewing the interviews with women politicians, it seems that what are read as concrete practices have more impact on the discourse than other representations, such as statements. Still, both seem to be necessary in negotiating the discourses of power. The concept of 'concretism' is helpful in exploring how practices, as concrete representations, compose means of resistance. To understand further the nexus between concretism and resistance and what concrete representation means in terms of resistance, the discussion now introduces the concept of universalism. Women politicians can use the principle of universalism in order to become role models for other women.
