Sharp’s Dictionary of Power and Struggle
Language of Civil Resistance in Conflicts
A reference book by Gene Sharp, the leading theorist of non-violent struggle, prepared with help from Adam Roberts among others. It defines the vocabulary of civil resistance, from boycotts and strikes to political jiu-jitsu, so that activists and scholars can describe people power precisely.
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Adam Roberts
Gene Sharp has been consistent over a period of 50 years in advocating more serious study of non-violent action. It’s also inevitable, if you have an American citizen who has been advocating this, that there will be people around the world – especially tawdry rulers and propagandists in dictatorial states – who accuse him of being a CIA agent or worse. It’s all absolute nonsense.
Interview · December 2011
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