From dictatorship to democracy : a conceptual framework for liberation / Gene Sharp.

Includes bibliographical references

Facing dictatorships realistically
The dangers of negotiations
Whence comes the power?
Dictatorships have weaknesses
Exercising power
The need for strategic planning
Planning strategy
Applying political defiance
Disintegrating the dictatorship
Groundwork for durable democracy
Appendix: The methods of nonviolent action

Twenty-one years ago, at a friend's request, a Massachusetts professor sketched out a blueprint for nonviolent resistance to repressive regimes. It would go on to be translated, photocopied, and handed from one activist to another, traveling from country to country across the globe: from Iran to Venezuela -- where both countries consider Gene Sharp to be an enemy of the state -- to Serbia; Afghanistan; Vietnam; the former Soviet Union; China; Nepal; and, more recently and notably, Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, Libya, and Syria, where it has served as a guiding light of the Arab Spring. This short guide to overthrowing a dictatorship by nonviolent means lists 198 specific methods to consider, depending on the circumstances: sit-ins, popular nonobedience, selective strikes, withdrawal of bank deposits, revenue refusal, walkouts, silence, and hunger strikes