02500cam a2200421 a 4500 17260806 BJBSDDR 20241120104651.0 a|||||r|||| 00| 0 ta 120418s2012 nyu b 000 0 eng 2012014319 9781595588500 (pbk.) 1595588507 (pbk.) DLC DLC DLC eng eng pcc JC 423 S531f 2012 321.8 Sharp, Gene, 1928-2018 38856 From dictatorship to democracy : a conceptual framework for liberation / Gene Sharp. New York : New Press ; [Jackson, Tenn.] : Distributed by Perseus, 2012. viii, 138 pages ; 19 cm. Includes bibliographical references Facing dictatorships realistically The dangers of negotiations Whence comes the power? Dictatorships have weaknesses Exercising power The need for strategic planning Planning strategy Applying political defiance Disintegrating the dictatorship Groundwork for durable democracy Appendix: The methods of nonviolent action Twenty-one years ago, at a friend's request, a Massachusetts professor sketched out a blueprint for nonviolent resistance to repressive regimes. It would go on to be translated, photocopied, and handed from one activist to another, traveling from country to country across the globe: from Iran to Venezuela -- where both countries consider Gene Sharp to be an enemy of the state -- to Serbia; Afghanistan; Vietnam; the former Soviet Union; China; Nepal; and, more recently and notably, Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, Libya, and Syria, where it has served as a guiding light of the Arab Spring. This short guide to overthrowing a dictatorship by nonviolent means lists 198 specific methods to consider, depending on the circumstances: sit-ins, popular nonobedience, selective strikes, withdrawal of bank deposits, revenue refusal, walkouts, silence, and hunger strikes Democratization. Democratización 6865 Nonviolence. No violencia 22366 Strategic planning. Planificación estratégica 535 Dictatorship. Dictadura 14236 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 122217 122217 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2024-10-11 0 JC 423 S531f 2012 00000186643 2024-10-11 00:00:00 1 2024-10-11 BK