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From Dictatorship to Democracy (version 2)

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From Dictatorship to Democracy (version 2)

by Gene Sharp

English· 03:16:58· 13 chapters
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. - Summary by Wikipedia

This second version is newly recorded, with a faster reading pace than the first version.

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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    Preface

    06:17
  2. Chapter 2

    Facing dictatorships realistically

    17:41
  3. Chapter 3

    The dangers of negotiations

    16:39
  4. Chapter 4

    Whence comes the power?

    14:31
  5. Chapter 5

    Dictatorships have weaknesses

    07:46
  6. Chapter 6

    Exercising power

    24:12
  7. Chapter 7

    The need for strategic planning

    17:42
  8. Chapter 8

    Planning strategy

    25:47
  9. Chapter 9

    Applying political defiance

    16:11
  10. Chapter 10

    Disintegrating the dictatorship

    15:31
  11. Chapter 11

    Groundwork for durable democracy

    12:31
  12. Chapter 12

    Appendix One: The methods of nonviolent action

    13:59
  13. Chapter 13

    Appendix Two: Acknowledgements and Notes on the History of From Dictatorship to Democracy

    08:11