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