Globalization Challenged:
		Conviction, Conflict, Community
		George Rupp
		Columbia University Press
		ISBN: 0-231-13930-6

Convictions cannot be ignored. With globalization and convictions bumping up against one another, communities must be inclusive, according to George Rupp, president of the International Rescue Committee. Religion is the source of some conviction, and likewise, fast-paced globalization lacking in coordination and regulation has resulted in an unequal distribution of resources and secular forms of conviction. The world community can be strengthened by people holding strong convictions and inclusive attitudes who strive to understand the positions of others. continue...

		Let Their People Come: Breaking the
		Gridlock on Global Labor Mobility
		Lant Pritchett
		Center for Global Development
		ISBN: 978-1-933286-10-5

Wealthy countries should lift controls on labor moving across national borders, argues Lant Pritchett, socioeconomist with the World Bank and fellow at the Center for Global Development, based in New Delhi. Pritchett poses provocative questions - from whether l abor movement across borders promotes crime to whether nationality is a moral basis for discrimination. He also poses policies recommendations that would allow unskilled labor to cross borders in ways that might be politically acceptable to the wealthy nations, by minimizing risks for poor living there and protecting human rights for all. continue...

		How Much Should A Person Consume?
		Environmentalism in India & the United States
		Ramachandra Guha
		University of California Press
		ISBN: 978-0-520-2405-2

With the growing economic power and desires of developing nations like India and China, rampant consumerism and growth is not sustainable for the long term. Citizens of populous developing nations want to live like the citizens of the US and Europe. Ramachandra Guha, a pioneer in the field of environmental history, analyzes the environmental movements in India and the United States, with all their respective politics, chauvinism and aspirations. He repeats Gandhi's observation - "The world has enough for everybody's need, but not enough for everybody's greed - and predicts increasing conflicts over resources and "environmental space," while offering recommendations for reducing the inequalities of consumption. continue...

		Murder in Amsterdam: The Death of
		Theo Van Gogh and the Limit of Tolerance
		Ian Burma
		Penguin Press
		ISBN: 1594201080

A milestone in the clash between Europe's secularism and Islamic values came on November 2, 2004, when a 26-year-old Dutchman, of Morroccan heritage killed filmmaker Theo van Gogh. The young man opposed van Gogh's film about Somali-born Dutch politician Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a vocal critic of Islam. Europe is a bastion for free speech and individual rights, but a small number of Muslim immigrants from neighboring nations oppose such freedoms. The groups with opposing values continue to offend each other. continue...

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