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Gene Sharp

Born

in North Baltimore, Ohio, The United States

January 21, 1928

Died

January 28, 2018

Genre

Politics

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Gene Sharp was an American political scientist. He was the founder of the Albert Einstein Institution, a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the study of nonviolent action, and professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. He was known for his extensive writings on nonviolent struggle, which have influenced numerous anti-government resistance movements around the world.
Sharp received the 2008 Int’l Peace Abbey Courage of Conscience Award for his lifelong commitment to the defense of freedom, democracy, and the reduction of political violence through scholarly analysis of the power of nonviolent action. Unofficial sources have claimed that Sharp was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2015, and ha ...more

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Average rating: 3.92 · 3,272 ratings · 415 reviews · 82 distinct works • Similar authors

	From Dictatorship to Democracy 3.83 avg rating — 2,177 ratings — published 1993 — 50 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Power and Struggle by Gene Sharp, Marina Finkelstein (Editor) 4.24 avg rating — 185 ratings — published 1973 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Waging Nonviolent Struggle: 20th Century Practice and 21st Century Potential by Gene Sharp, Joshua Paulson (Contributor), Christopher A. Miller (Contributor) 4.19 avg rating — 130 ratings — published 1988 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Methods of Nonviolent Action by Gene Sharp, Marina Finkelstein (Editor) 4.35 avg rating — 110 ratings — published 1973 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The anti-coup by Gene Sharp, Bruce Jenkins (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 2003 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dynamics of Nonviolent Action by Gene Sharp, Marina Finkelstein (Editor) 4.24 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 1980 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How Nonviolent Struggle Works 4.06 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	There Are Realistic Alternatives 3.58 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 2003 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Politics of Nonviolent Action (3 volume set) by Gene Sharp, Marina Finkelstein (Editor) 4.47 avg rating — 53 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sharp's Dictionary of Power and Struggle: Language of Civil Resistance in Conflicts by Gene Sharp, Adam Roberts 4.37 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Politics of Nonviolent Action (3 books)
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Marina Finkelstein (Editor)

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“Dictators are not in the business of allowing elections that could remove them from their thrones.”
― Gene Sharp, From Dictatorship to Democracy

tags: dictatorships, elections

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“The fall of one regime does not bring in a utopia. Rather, it opens the way for hard work and long efforts to build more just social, economic,and political relationships and the eradication of other forms of injustices and oppression.”
― Gene Sharp, From Dictatorship to Democracy

tags: challenges

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“By placing confidence in violent means, one has chosen the very type of struggle with which the oppressors nearly always have superiority.”
― Gene Sharp, From Dictatorship to Democracy

tags: dictatorship

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