From Dictatorship to Democracy (version 2)
Gene Sharp
Gelesen von 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)
Kapitel
Preface | 6:17 | Gelesen von Benjamin Gittins |
Facing dictatorships realistically | 17:41 | Gelesen von Benjamin Gittins |
The dangers of negotiations | 16:39 | Gelesen von Benjamin Gittins |
Whence comes the power? | 14:31 | Gelesen von Benjamin Gittins |
Dictatorships have weaknesses | 7:46 | Gelesen von Benjamin Gittins |
Exercising power | 24:12 | Gelesen von Benjamin Gittins |
The need for strategic planning | 17:42 | Gelesen von Benjamin Gittins |
Planning strategy | 25:47 | Gelesen von Benjamin Gittins |
Applying political defiance | 16:11 | Gelesen von Benjamin Gittins |
Disintegrating the dictatorship | 15:31 | Gelesen von Benjamin Gittins |
Groundwork for durable democracy | 12:31 | Gelesen von Benjamin Gittins |
Appendix One: The methods of nonviolent action | 13:59 | Gelesen von Benjamin Gittins |
Appendix Two: Acknowledgements and Notes on the History of From Dictatorship to… | 8:11 | Gelesen von Benjamin Gittins |