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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.

Globalization --- Investments, Foreign --- Economic aspects --- Bolivia --- Foreign economic relations. --- 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.