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“The degree of liberty or tyranny in any government is, it follows, in large degree a reflection of the relative determination of the subjects to be free and their willingness and ability to resist efforts to enslave them.”

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From Dictatorship to Democracy

This book provides a comprehensive framework for understanding and implementing peaceful democratic transitions from authoritarian regimes. more

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Gene Sharp
Gene Sharp

Gene Sharp, born on January 21, 1928, is a renowned political scientist and scholar. He has made significant contributions to the study of nonviolent resistance and democratic movements. Professor Sharp's work has had a profound impact on democratic movements worldwide. more

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“Whatever promises offered by dictators in any negotiated settlement, no one should ever forget that the dictators may promise anything to secure submission from their democratic opponents, and then brazenly violate those same agreements.”

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“Further, democratic negotiators, or foreign negotiation specialists accepted to assist in the negotiations, may in a single stroke provide the dictators with the domestic and international legitimacy that they had been previously denied because of their seizure of the state, human rights violations, and brutalities. Without that desperately needed legitimacy, the dictators cannot continue to rule indefinitely.”

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