From Dictatorship to Democracy (version 2)
Gene Sharp
Lu par Benjamin Gittins





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. (3 hr 16 min)
Chapitres
Preface | 6:17 | Lu par Benjamin Gittins |
Facing dictatorships realistically | 17:41 | Lu par Benjamin Gittins |
The dangers of negotiations | 16:39 | Lu par Benjamin Gittins |
Whence comes the power? | 14:31 | Lu par Benjamin Gittins |
Dictatorships have weaknesses | 7:46 | Lu par Benjamin Gittins |
Exercising power | 24:12 | Lu par Benjamin Gittins |
The need for strategic planning | 17:42 | Lu par Benjamin Gittins |
Planning strategy | 25:47 | Lu par Benjamin Gittins |
Applying political defiance | 16:11 | Lu par Benjamin Gittins |
Disintegrating the dictatorship | 15:31 | Lu par Benjamin Gittins |
Groundwork for durable democracy | 12:31 | Lu par Benjamin Gittins |
Appendix One: The methods of nonviolent action | 13:59 | Lu par Benjamin Gittins |
Appendix Two: Acknowledgements and Notes on the History of From Dictatorship to… | 8:11 | Lu par Benjamin Gittins |