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From Dictatorship to Democracy (version 2)

Gelesen von Benjamin Gittins

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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. 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)

Chapters

Preface

6:17

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Facing dictatorships realistically

17:41

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The dangers of negotiations

16:39

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Whence comes the power?

14:31

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Dictatorships have weaknesses

7:46

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Exercising power

24:12

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The need for strategic planning

17:42

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Planning strategy

25:47

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Applying political defiance

16:11

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Disintegrating the dictatorship

15:31

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Groundwork for durable democracy

12:31

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Appendix One: The methods of nonviolent action

13:59

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Appendix Two: Acknowledgements and Notes on the History of From Dictatorship to…

8:11

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