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From Dictatorship to Democracy

From Dictatorship to Democracy

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Number of Chapters: 13

Length: 3 hours and 49 minutes

Language: English

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. The book was written in 1993 by Gene Sharp (b. 1928), a professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts. The book has been published in many countries worldwide and translated into more than 30 languages. Editions in many languages are also published by the Albert Einstein Institution of Boston, Massachusetts. This is the Fourth United States Edition, published in May 2010. The book has been circulated worldwide and cited repeatedly as influencing movements such as the Arab Spring of 2010–2012.

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1 - Preface (Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023))
2 - Chapter 1 - Facing dictatorships realistically (Benjamin Gittins)
3 - Chapter 2 - The dangers of negotiations (Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023))
4 - Chapter 3 - Whence comes the power? (Benjamin Gittins)
5 - Chapter 4 - Dictatorships have weaknesses (Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023))
6 - Chapter 5 - Exercising power (Benjamin Gittins)
7 - Chapter 6 - The need for strategic planning (Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023))
8 - Chapter 7 - Planning strategy (Benjamin Gittins)
9 - Chapter 8 - Applying political defiance (Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023))
10 - Chapter 9 - Disintegrating the dictatorship (Benjamin Gittins)
11 - Chapter 10 - Groundwork for durable democracy (Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023))
12 - Appendix 1 - The methods of nonviolent action (Benjamin Gittins)
13 - Appendix 2 - Acknowledgements and notes on the history of from dictatorship to democracy (Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023))
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