a conceptual framework for liberation Sharp, Gene 1928-2018 creator text bibliography nyu New York Jackson, Tenn.] New Press Distributed by Perseus 2012 monographic eng

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viii, 138 pages ; 19 cm. 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 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 Gene Sharp. Includes bibliographical references Democratization Democratización Nonviolence No violencia Strategic planning Planificación estratégica Dictatorship Dictadura JC 423 S531f 2012 321.8 9781595588500 (pbk.) 1595588507 (pbk.) 2012014319 DLC 120418 20241120104651.0 17260806 eng