Dignity and defiance
Subtitle: stories from Bolivia's challenge to globalization
By: edited by Jim Shultz and Melissa Crane Draper.
Contributors: Shultz, Jim.; Draper, Melissa.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 341
ISBN-13: 9780520256989; 9780520256996
Subjects: Globalization -- Economic aspects -- Bolivia; Investments, Foreign -- Bolivia; Bolivia -- Foreign economic relations
Description: "A powerful eyewitness account of Bolivia's decade-long rebellion against globalization imposed from abroad, this book is based on extensive interviews - ranging from a former Bolivian president to indigenous farmers. It portrays stories of a successful challenge to the policies of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, and a nation's fight to maintain its independence and integrity. Dignity and Defiance is a rich portrait of people calling for something new and different, something fair. It features a well-crafted mix of storytelling and analysis, with substantial introductions and conclusions."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.   ) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Melissa Crane Draper and Jim Shultz; title: The Cochabamba water revolt and its aftermath / Jim Shultz; title: A river turns black : Enron and Shell spread destruction across Bolivia's highlands / Christina Haglund; title: Oil and gas : the elusive wealth beneath their feet / Gretchen Gordon and Aaron Luoma; title: Lessons in blood and fire : the deadly consequences of IMF economics / Jim Shultz; title: Economic strings : the politics of foreign debt / Nick Buxton; title: Coca : the leaf at the center of the war on drugs / Caroline S. Conzelman ... [et al.]; title: Workers, leaders, and mothers : Bolivian women in a globalizing world / Melissa Crane Draper; title: And those who left : portraits of a Bolivian exodus / Lily Whitesell.