From dictatorship to democracy : a conceptual framework for liberation
Sharp, Gene
From dictatorship to democracy : a conceptual framework for liberation / Gene Sharp - New York : New Press ; , 2012, c2002. - xx, 138 p. ; 19 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-138).
Sharp analyzes the anatomy of dictatorships, the cultures of nonviolent resistance that bring them down, and how effective democratic modes of collective life are forged out of those cultures. It's not a detailed analysis of any particular struggle with a dictator, but more of an abstract view on the elements that Sharp has gleaned from his interactions with survivors and resistors of dictatorships. He considers facing dictator's realistically so as to reduce casualties, the dangers of negotiations, sources of political power, attacking the weaknesses of dictators through nonviolent struggle, strategic planning and applying political defiance. A final chapter presents "a groundwork for durable democracy" that addresses the threat of new dictators and defending democracy.
9781595588500
2012014319
Democratization
Nonviolence
Strategic planning
Dictatorship
JC423 / .S475 2012
321.8 SHA
From dictatorship to democracy : a conceptual framework for liberation / Gene Sharp - New York : New Press ; , 2012, c2002. - xx, 138 p. ; 19 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-138).
Sharp analyzes the anatomy of dictatorships, the cultures of nonviolent resistance that bring them down, and how effective democratic modes of collective life are forged out of those cultures. It's not a detailed analysis of any particular struggle with a dictator, but more of an abstract view on the elements that Sharp has gleaned from his interactions with survivors and resistors of dictatorships. He considers facing dictator's realistically so as to reduce casualties, the dangers of negotiations, sources of political power, attacking the weaknesses of dictators through nonviolent struggle, strategic planning and applying political defiance. A final chapter presents "a groundwork for durable democracy" that addresses the threat of new dictators and defending democracy.
9781595588500
2012014319
Democratization
Nonviolence
Strategic planning
Dictatorship
JC423 / .S475 2012
321.8 SHA
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