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.
