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Title: From Dictatorship to Democracy Author: Gene Sharp PUBLIC DOMAIN : "All material appearing in this publication is in the public domain and may be reproduced without permission from Gene Sharp. Citation of the source is appreciated." ISBN: 1-88081
From Dictatorship to Democracy, A Conceptual Framework for Liberation is a book-length essay on the generic problem of how to destroy a dictatorship and to prevent the rise of a new one. [1] The book was written in 1993 by Gene Sharp (1928–2018), a professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts .
Gene Sharp (January 21, 1928 – January 28, 2018) was an American political scientist. He was the founder of the Albert Einstein Institution, a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the study of nonviolent action, and professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. [2]
The Politics of Nonviolent Action is a three-volume political science book by Gene Sharp, originally published in the United States in 1973.Sharp is one of the most influential theoreticians of nonviolent action, and his publications have been influential in movements around the world.
Directed by British journalist Ruaridh Arrow, the film follows the use of Gene Sharp's work across revolutionary groups throughout the world.There is particular focus on Sharp's key text From Dictatorship to Democracy [5] which has been translated by democracy activists into more than 30 languages and used in revolutions from Serbia and Ukraine to Egypt and Syria.
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Too many want a dictatorship. Too many leaders pander to people’s worst instincts. In a recent CNN op-ed, former Judge J. Michael Luttig explains how the American experiment can soon fail.
Gene Sharp, who influenced many in the Arab Spring revolutions, has documented and described over 198 different methods of nonviolent action that nonviolent revolutionaries might use in struggle. He argues that no government or institution can rule without the consent of the governed or oppressed as that is the source of nonviolent power.