Bali's Silent Crisis: Desire, Tragedy, and Transition

It is clear that the current manifestation of crisis being experienced in Bali is associated with development and the island’s alignment with a Westernbased economy of pleasure (consumer capitalism) and forms of cultural practice. This movement from an agricultural economy and lifestyle to more developed, Western-styles of social organization is generally called modernization globalization is the transformation associated with global participation in world economy and forms of cultural interaction.