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From Dictatorship to DemocracyFrom Dictatorship to Democracy

From Dictatorship to Democracy2003

Gene Sharp

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**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, using a nonviolent strategy. Now in its fourth edition, it was originally handed out by the **Albert Einstein Institution**, and although never actively promoted, to date it has been translated into over thirty languages. This book traveled as a photocopied pamphlet from Burma to Indonesia, Serbia and most recently Egypt, Tunisia and Syria, with dissent in China also reported. This how-to guide has inspired social uprisings the world over and includes 198 nonviolent "weapons" to shift the balance of power to the people, and topple repressive regimes.

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First published
2003
OL Work ID
OL1622603W

Subjects

DictatorDemocracyArab SpringRevolutionHow-tononviolent strugglesocial movementtyrannyresistanceNonviolenceRevolutionsOpposition (Political science)DictatorshipCivil disobediencePolitical aspectsPhilosophyDemocratizationStrategic planning

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