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Dignity and Defiance : Stories from Bolivia's Challenge to Globalization / / James Shultz, Melissa Draper



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Titolo: Dignity and Defiance : Stories from Bolivia's Challenge to Globalization / / James Shultz, Melissa Draper Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2009]
©2009
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (353 p.)
Disciplina: 301
Soggetto topico: Globalization - Economic aspects - Bolivia
Investments, Foreign - Bolivia
Soggetto geografico: Bolivia Foreign economic relations
Soggetto non controllato: bolivia
bolivian history
border crossing
capitalism
coca fields
economics
enron
eyewitness accounts
fighting back
first person accounts
former dictator
global integration
globalization
humane development
international influences
international monetary fund
neoliberalism
oil companies
oil spill
political massacres
politics
rebellion
shell
social justice
south america
south american history
world bank
Persona (resp. second.): DraperMelissa
ShultzJames
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-336) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Cochabamba Water Revolt and Its Aftermath -- Chapter 2. A River Turns Black -- Chapter 3. Oil and Gas: The Elusive Wealth beneath Their Feet -- Chapter 4. Lessons in Blood and Fire -- Chapter 5. Economic Strings -- Chapter 6. Coca: The Leaf at the Center of the War on Drugs -- Chapter 7. Workers, Leaders, and Mothers -- Chapter 8. And Those Who Left -- Conclusion -- Contributors -- Notes -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Dignity and Defiance  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-36078-7
9786612360787
0-520-94266-3
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910780639403321
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