From Dictatorship to Democracy - A Conceptual Framework for Liberation (Paperback)

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, pithy, inspiring, and extraordinarily clear 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. From Dictatorship to Democracy is the remarkable work that has made the little-known Sharp into the world's most effective and sought-after analyst of resistance to authoritarian regimes.

General

Imprint:	The New Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 2012
First published:	September 2012
Authors:	Gene Sharp
Dimensions:	191 x 132 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	138
ISBN-13:	978-1-59558-850-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Promotions
LSN:	1-59558-850-7
Barcode:	9781595588500

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