From Dictatorship to Democracy

Description

From Dictatorship to Democracy, A Conceptual Framework for Liberation is an essay in a book form about the common issue of how to put an end to a dictatorship and to stop the emergence of another one. The essay was made in 1993 by Gene Sharp, an educator of political science at the University of Massachusetts. The essay has been widely read in several countries around the world and converted into over 30 dialects. Editions in a number of languages are also distributed by the Albert Einstein Institution of Boston, Massachusetts. In 2012, its recent initial English-language edition is the Fourth United States Edition, printed in May 2010.

The essay has been distributed throughout the world and often quoted as motivating movements including the Arab Spring of 2010 – 2012.

It contains: Facing dictatorships realistically, The dangers of negotiations, Whence comes the power?, Dictatorships have weaknesses, Exercising power, The need for strategic planning, Planning strategy, Applying political defiance, Disintegrating the dictatorship, Groundwork for durable democracy, Appendix 1 – The methods of nonviolent action, Appendix 2 – Acknowledgements and notes on the history of from dictatorship to democracy.

Gene Sharp born on January 21, 1928, founded the Albert Einstein Institution, a non-profit organization devoted to going forward to the study of nonviolent action, and is a retired professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. He is popular for his massive works on nonviolent struggle, which have prompted countless of anti-government resistance movements across the globe.

Gene Sharp was voted for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2015, and had formerly been voted three times, in 2009, 2012 and 2013.
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