and all the affiliates with it, falls short of incorporating these beliefs into an active and functioning state. Although the future of Bolivia is uncertain, one can conclude the impractical idea of becoming an indigenous nation, and by that I mean a return to the local. Currently, the indigenous do not live outside modernity but coexist, with an indigenous modernity in formation. In the end, we should ask ourselves, is post-development thought dead or could its existence be truly acknowledged given its intangibleness? Furthermore, example questions the Bolivia’s capacity to which post-development, in the sense of pure democracy, can be carried out in this hegemonic capitalist world. Works Cited Bomberry, Victoria. "Refounding the Nation: A Generation of Activism in Bolivia." American 51 (2008). Web. Behavioral Scientist EBSCO. Crabtree, John. "Bolivia: Playing by New Rules." Reclaiming Latin America: Experiments in By Geraldine Lievesley and Steve Ludlam. London: Zed, Radical Social Democracy. 2009. Print. Escobar, Arturo. "Imagining a Post-Development Era? Critical Thought, Development and Social Movements." 20-56. Web. Third World and Post-Colonial Issues: JSTOR. Escobar, Arturo. "Introduction: Development and the Anthropology of Modernity; The Problematization of Poverty: The Tale of Three Worlds and Development; Conclusion: Imagining a Postdevelopment Era." Encountering Development: The Making and Princeton, NJ: Princeton UP, 1995. Print. Unmaking of the Third World.
and all the affiliates with it, falls short of incorporating these beliefs into an active and functioning state. Although the future of Bolivia is uncertain, one can conclude the impractical idea of becoming an indigenous nation, and by that I mean a return to the local. Currently, the indigenous do not live outside modernity but coexist, with an indigenous modernity in formation. In the end, we should ask ourselves, is post-development thought dead or could its existence be truly acknowledged given its intangibleness? Furthermore, Bolivia’s example questions the capacity to which post-development, in the sense of pure democracy, can be carried out in this hegemonic capitalist world. Works Cited Bomberry, Victoria. "Refounding the Nation: A Generation of Activism in Bolivia." American Behavioral Scientist 51 (2008). EBSCO. Web. Crabtree, John. "Bolivia: Playing by New Rules." Reclaiming Latin America: Experiments in Radical Social Democracy. By Geraldine Lievesley and Steve Ludlam. London: Zed, 2009. Print. Escobar, Arturo. "Imagining a Post-Development Era? Critical Thought, Development and Social Movements." Third World and Post-Colonial Issues: 20-56. JSTOR. Web. Escobar, Arturo. "Introduction: Development and the Anthropology of Modernity; The Problematization of Poverty: The Tale of Three Worlds and Development; Conclusion: Imagining a Postdevelopment Era." Encountering Development: The Making and Unmaking of the Third World. Princeton, NJ: Princeton UP, 1995. Print.