GENE SHARP

En años recientes, diversas dictaduras—de origen tanto interno como externo—han caído o se han tambaleado cuando se les ha enfrentado una población desafiante y movilizada. Aunque a menudo se las ve

Likened to Marx''s Communist Manifesto and Mao Tse Tung''s Little Red Book in its historic importance and has played a pivotal role in the recent and ongoing uprisings of the Arab Spring.

In the face of tyranny, nonviolent resistance emerges as a formidable weapon. "The Anti-Coup" unveils the strategies and tactics that have empowered countless individuals to overthrow oppressive regimes without resorting to violence.Gene Sharp, a renowned scholar and activist, provides a comprehensive guide to nonviolent resistance, empowering readers to understand the dynamics of coups and develop effective countermeasures. This unabridged edition offers an in-depth exploration of the principles and techniques that have inspired successful movements worldwide.

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 , 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 20102012.

El apoyo mutuo y la cooperación ya fueron reivindicados por Kropotkin. La desobediencia civil como protesta hacia un estado de cosas injusto fue promovido por Henry David Thoreau en el siglo XIX. Grandes ejemplos de la noviolencia los tenemos en los ideales y experiencias vitales de personas como Leon Tolstoi , Mahatma Gandhi y Martin Luther King, los cuales fueron a su vez influenciados por Thoreau. Y Gene Sharp, gran estudioso y gran activista, pone de manifiesto la necesidad de seguir rebelandonos ante las injusticias desde un punto de vista pacifico. Ese es el camino, y esa es la linea que desea marcar este libro.