Dignity and Defiance: Stories from Bolivia's Challenge to Globalization / Edition 1

by James Shultz, Melissa Draper

Overview

Dignity and Defiance is a powerful, eyewitness account of Bolivia's decade-long rebellion against globalization imposed from abroad. Based on extensive interviews, this story comes alive with first-person accounts of a massive Enron/Shell oil spill from an elderly woman whose livelihood it threatens, of the young people who stood down a former dictator to take back control of their water, and of Bolivia's dramatic and successful challenge to the policies of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. Featuring a substantial introduction, a conclusion, and introductions to each of the chapters, this well-crafted mix of storytelling and analysis is a rich portrait of people calling for global integration to be different than it has been: more fair and more just.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780520256996
Publisher:	University of California Press
Publication date:	01/07/2009
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Jim Shultz is Executive Director and Melissa Crane Draper is Assistant Director of the Democracy Center.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 
Introduction
Melissa Crane Draper and Jim Shultz 
1. The Cochabamba Water Revolt and Its Aftermath
Jim Shultz 
2. A River Turns Black: Enron and Shell Spread Destruction across Bolivia’s Highlands
Christina Haglund 
3. Oil and Gas: The Elusive Wealth beneath Their Feet
Gretchen Gordon and Aaron Luoma 
4. Lessons in Blood and Fire: The Deadly Consequences of IMF Economics
Jim Shultz 
5. Economic Strings: The Politics of Foreign Debt
Nick Buxton 
6. Coca: The Leaf at the Center of the War on Drugs
Caroline S. Conzelman, Coletta A. Youngers, Jim Shultz,
Caitlin Esch, Leny Olivera, Linda Farthing 
7. Workers, Leaders, and Mothers: Bolivian Women in a Globalizing World
Melissa Crane Draper 
8. And Those Who Left: Portraits of a Bolivian Exodus
Lily Whitesell 
Conclusion: What Bolivia Teaches Us 
Jim Shultz
Contributors 
Notes 
Index 

Editorial Reviews

For those interested in social justice, the book is well worth a read.

Law Society Journal - Carolina Saez