Index:From Dictatorship to Democracy (2003).pdf

TitleFrom Dictatorship to Democracy
AuthorGene Sharp
Year2003
PublisherThe Albert Einstein Institution
LocationBoston
Sourcepdf
ProgressTo be proofread
TransclusionIndex not transcluded or unreviewed
ISBNISBN 1-880813-09-2
Pages (key to Page Status)
Cover Mission Title Copyright iii iv v vi vii viii 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 Author

Contents

Preface vi
One
Facing Dictatorsips Realisticly 1
A continuing problem 2
Freedom through violence? 3
Coups, elections, foreign saviors? 4
Facing the hard truth 6
Two
The Dangers of Negotiations 9
Merits and limitations of negotiations 9
Negotiated surrender? 10
Power and justice in negotiations 11
"Agreeable" dictators 12
What kind of peace? 13
Reasons for hope 13
Three
Whence Comes The Power? 15
The "Monkey Master" fable 15
Necessary sources of political power 16
Centers of democratic power 19
Four
Dictatorships Have Weaknesses 21
Identifying the Achilles' heel 21
Weaknesses of dictatorships 22
Attacking weaknesses of dictatorships 23
Five
Exercising Power 25
The workings of nonviolent struggle 26
Nonviolent weapons and discipline 29
Openness, secrecy, and high standards 29
Shifting power relationships 29
Four mechanisms of change 30
Democratizing effects of political defiance 32
Complexity of nonviolent struggle 33

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