http://www.netvouz.com/narky/folder/9019281438717084577/Political+Books?feed=rss narky's bookmarks in folder Books on Netvouz http://www.amazon.com/Radical-Simplicity-Small-Footprints-Finite/dp/0865714738/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-1171193-6923146?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1185150678&sr=8-1 Jim Merkel quit his job as a military engineer following the Exxon Valdez disaster and has since worked to develop tools for personal and societal sustainability. He founded the Global Living Project to further this work and conducts workshops around North America on this topic.Imagine you are first in line at a potluck buffet. The spread includes not just food and water, but all the materials needed for shelter, clothing, healthcare, and education. How do you know how much to take? How much is enough to leave for your neighbors behind you-not just the six billion people, but the wildlife, and the as-yet-unborn? In the face of looming ecological disaster, many people feel the need to change their own lifestyles as a tangible way of transforming our unsustai Political > Books narky Mon, 23 Jul 2007 00:33:47 GMT http://www.amazon.com/Rights-Refugees-under-International-Law/dp/0521542634/sr=1-1/qid=1172440684/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-6381573-0993434?ie=UTF8&s=books This book presents the first comprehensive analysis of the human rights of refugees as set by the UN Refugee Convention. In an era where States are increasingly challenging the logic of simply assimilating refugees to their own citizens, questions are now being raised about whether refugees should be allowed to enjoy freedom of movement, to work, to access public welfare programs, or to be reunited with family members. Doubts have been expressed about the propriety of exempting refugees from visa and other immigration rules, and whether there is a duty to admit refugees at all. Hathaway links the standards of the UN Refugee Convention to key norms of international human rights law, and applies his analysis to the world's most difficult protection challenges Political > Books narky Sun, 25 Feb 2007 22:01:48 GMT http://www.amazon.com/New-Nuclear-Danger-Military-Industrial-Complex/dp/1565847407 Since September 11, it has become clear that the United States is headed for more military funding to fight the "war on terrorism." But as longtime antinuclear activist, author and pediatrician Caldicott (Nuclear Madness: What You Can Do) shows, this buildup is nothing new with the exception of the first President Bush, U.S. policy has generally favored military spending. But spending on nuclear weapons is ineffective in fighting terrorists holed up in caves, Caldicott contends. Using a medical model, she focuses on what she calls the "disease" before she launches into her "remedy." She is strongest focusing on the ties between the American nuclear arsenal and large corporations, which have only their own interests at heart a point that should resonate in t Political > Books narky Sun, 22 Oct 2006 13:07:36 GMT http://www.amazon.com/Emergency-Sex-Other-Desperate-Measures/dp/1401352014 Ah, to be young, Western and ambitious in a war zone. It's the early 1990s, and Cain and Postlewait are two American U.N. employees sent to Cambodia to help the country rebuild itself after two decades of war and genocide. Thomson is a New Zealandâ€"trained doctor who has already been there for a short while, patching up limbs shattered by land mines and looking for a corner of the world to save. The three meet during the U.N.'s efforts to install democracy in one of the unlikeliest places. Idealism, financial need, thirst for adventure and the desire to be a part of history bring them there, and the high they get from doing their work keeps them flitting around the globe, looking for hot spots to help cool down. Political > Books narky Sun, 22 Oct 2006 13:06:25 GMT