The compilation of the satirical travel adventures by James Payne: Princess Navina visits Malvolia; Princess Navina Visits Mandaat; Princess Navina Visits Nueva Malvolia; and Princess Navina visits Voluntaria

Take Me to Your Government: Four Fables

Count Nef

Lytton Publishing Company

Is the world becoming increasingly violent? In this remarkable study of the history of the use of force, political scientist James Payne shows that this impression is seriously misleading. The historical trend is against the use of physical force. His research covers dozens of coercive practices, from human sacrifice, war, and genocide to slavery, taxation, and capital punishment. Payne explains how the trend against force underlies political and economic changes. The development of democratic institutions requires that political leaders put violent practices like murder and revolution behind. For this reason, democracy cannot be sustained in cultures with a strong emphasis on force. Economic development also depends on a decline in violence. Markets cannot function and industry cannot thrive until civil war, mob violence, and military seizure abate. With its broad scope and vigorous writing, this exciting book offers a new perspective for interpreting the past--and for understanding the future.

A History of Force: Exploring the Worldwide Movement Against Habits of Coercion, Bloodshed, and Mayhem

History

James L. Payne

Military

A readable introduction to the fallacies that dominate the modern political scene. Dr. Payne draws on his fifty years of experience as a political scientist to explain why government is unable to accomplish what politicians and the public expect from it.

Six Political Illusions: A Primer on Government for Idealists Fed Up with History Repeating Itself

The latest collection of Jim Payne s kayak adventures. After solo trips on American waterways (One Inch above the Water) and a voyage on the River Thames (Discovering England) he s got four more adventures to share: the Connecticut River; the alligator-infested swamps of Georgia and Florida on the Chattahoochee River; the lower Bío Bío River in Chile; and the Ohio River, from Cincinnati to Brandenburg, Kentucky. Calling himself a social kayaker, Payne combines his tales of nautical mayhem with unusual encounters of people and places on land.

Worlds to Discover Kayak Adventures One Inch above the Water

Travel

Jim Payne

South America

For thousands of years, peoples of the world have assumed that government is society s natural problem-solving agency. No matter how many times it disappoints, the public keeps coming back for more. In this exciting new book, political scientist James Payne details the power of this unexamined cultural presumption, showing how it gives rise to fallacies and dysfunctions across the political landscape. A ray of hope is the recent emergence of thinkers and activists who have transcended this traditional faith, the libertarians, who advocate neighborly principles of social action.

The Big Government We Love to Hate; Exploring the Roots of Political Malaise

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government