Dignity and Defiance Stories from Bolivia's Challenge to Globalization.
Shultz, Jim.
Dignity and Defiance Stories from Bolivia's Challenge to Globalization. - CA : University of California Press, (c)2008. - 1 online resource (353 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Cochabamba Water Revolt and Its Aftermath; 2. A River Turns Black: Enron and Shell Spread Destruction across Bolivia's Highlands; 3. Oil and Gas: The Elusive Wealth beneath Their Feet; 4. Lessons in Blood and Fire: The Deadly Consequences of IMF Economics; 5. Economic Strings: The Politics of Foreign Debt; 6. Coca: The Leaf at the Center of the War on Drugs; 7. Workers, Leaders, and Mothers: Bolivian Women in a Globalizing World; 8. And Those Who Left: Portraits of a Bolivian Exodus; Conclusion: What Bolivia Teaches Us. Jim Shultz ContributorsNotes; Index.
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 c.
9780520942660
Bolivia--Foreign economic relations.
Globalization--Economic aspects--Bolivia.
Investments, Foreign--Bolivia.
Business.
Globalization--Economic aspects--Bolivia.
Investments, Foreign--Bolivia.
Electronic Books.
HF1511 / .D546 2008
Dignity and Defiance Stories from Bolivia's Challenge to Globalization. - CA : University of California Press, (c)2008. - 1 online resource (353 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Cochabamba Water Revolt and Its Aftermath; 2. A River Turns Black: Enron and Shell Spread Destruction across Bolivia's Highlands; 3. Oil and Gas: The Elusive Wealth beneath Their Feet; 4. Lessons in Blood and Fire: The Deadly Consequences of IMF Economics; 5. Economic Strings: The Politics of Foreign Debt; 6. Coca: The Leaf at the Center of the War on Drugs; 7. Workers, Leaders, and Mothers: Bolivian Women in a Globalizing World; 8. And Those Who Left: Portraits of a Bolivian Exodus; Conclusion: What Bolivia Teaches Us. Jim Shultz ContributorsNotes; Index.
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 c.
9780520942660
Bolivia--Foreign economic relations.
Globalization--Economic aspects--Bolivia.
Investments, Foreign--Bolivia.
Business.
Globalization--Economic aspects--Bolivia.
Investments, Foreign--Bolivia.
Electronic Books.
HF1511 / .D546 2008