Bibliography

The Politics of Nonviolent Action

Parts 2 ‘The Methods of Nonviolent Action’ and Part 3 ‘Strategy and Dynamics of Nonviolent Action’

Vol 2 & 3, 3 volumes, Porter Sargent, Boston, 1973, pp. 902

Part 1 of this now classic analysis explores the political and sociological theories underlying nonviolent resistance to develop a 'consent theory of power'; this has since been much debated. Part 1 also discusses nonviolent action as an 'active technique of struggle' and contextualizes Gandhi's contribution within a much wider historical context of major resistance movements dating from the later 18th century to 1968. Part 2 categorises and illustrates the now famous list of 198 methods, while the longest volume, Part 3, elaborates Sharp’s strategic approach.

From Dictatorship to Democracy: A Conceptual Framework for Liberation

Author(s): Gene Sharp

Housmans Bookshop, London, 2011, pp. 94

Originally published: 1993

Also published by London, Serpent’s Tail, 2012, and available from the Albert Einstein Institution (see website).

Written at the request of a Burmese dissident, this is now widely known as a succinct analysis of how nonviolent resistance can overthrow tyrannical regimes.

Available online as PDF at:

http://www.aeinstein.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/FDTD.pdf

Waging Nonviolent Struggle: 20th Century Practice and 21st Century Potential

Author(s): Gene Sharp

Porter Sargent, Boston, 2005, pp. 598

An abbreviated and slightly modified version of Sharp’s general argument in The Politics of Nonviolent Action. Includes 23 brief case studies of campaigns from the Russian Revolution of 1905 to the Serbian people power of 2000 (some written by Sharp’s collaborators: Joshua Paulson, Christopher A. Miller and Hardy Merriman).

De la dictadura a la democracia. Un sistema conceptual para la liberación

Author(s): Gene Sharp

Albert Einstein Institution, Boston MA, 2003, pp. 104

The first English edition of this widely influential booklet, which gives advice on planning and implementing nonviolent campaigns to those resisting repression, was published in 1993.

Available online as PDF at:

http://www.aeinstein.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/DelaDict.pdf

The Intifada and nonviolent struggle

Author(s): Gene Sharp

In: Journal of Palestine Studies, Vol 19, No 1, 1989, pp. 3-13

See in same journal: Gene Sharp, Afif Safieh, Gene Sharp: Nonviolent struggle, 1987 , pp. 37-55 .

De La Dictature A La Démocratie : Un Cadre Conceptuel Pour La Libération

Author(s): Gene Sharp

l'Harmattan, Paris, 2009, pp. 137

Translation of Sharp’s manual From Dicttorship to Democracy on conducting nonviolent resistance written for and consulted by actvists in many parts of the world.

Social Power and Political Freedom

Introduction by Senator Mark. O. Hatfield

Author(s): Gene Sharp

Porter Sargent , Boston, MA, 1980

Sharp, whose 1973 three volume The Politics of Nonviolent Action is now a standard reference work on the theory and strategy of civil resistance has here brought together a collection of writings from over 20 years to address key themes relating to social power and popular empowerment. Other topics covered include several essays on civilian-based defence, reflections on the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa (written as a series of articles in 1963), civil disobedience in a democracy, and review essays of Hannah Arendt's Eichmann in Jerusalem, and On Revolution.

The Politics of Nonviolent Action

Author(s): Gene Sharp

3 volumes, Porter Sargent, Boston, 1973, pp. 902

Part 1 of this now classic analysis explores political and sociological theories underlying nonviolent resistance, including Sharp’s much-debated consent theory of power. Part 2 (‘Methods’) and Part 3 (‘Dynamics’) are noted below ( Gene Sharp, The Politics of Nonviolent Action (A. 1.b. Strategic Theory, Dynamics, Methods and Movements) ).

Gandhi Wields the Weapon of Moral Power: Three Case Histories

Author(s): Gene Sharp

Navajivan, Ahmedabad, 1960, pp. 316

Main focus on 1930-31 independence campaign, but also covers peasant struggle in Chamaparan 1917-18, and Gandhi’s 1948 fast in Delhi against inter-communal killings linked to partition.

Sharp’s Dictionary of Power and Struggle: Language of Civil Resistance in Conflicts

Author(s): Gene Sharp

Oxford University Press, New York, 2012, pp. 345

Offers a set of definitions of the range of terms associated with (and relevant to) nonviolent action and mass unarmed resistance. Includes a brief introductory essay on power, and short summaries of the civil resistance in Serbia 2000 and Tunisia 2011.

Gandhi as Political Strategist

Author(s): Gene Sharp

Porter Sargent, Boston, 1980, pp. 384

Colombian Protests: Poverty and the Pandemic Collide with Conflict and Migration

Author(s): Genevieve Glotsky

In: The New Humanitarian, 2021

An informative survey of the protests that broke out in April 2021 and the immediate government responses. The articles suggests the demonstrations were essentially a revival of the 2019 movement that was interrupted by Covid-19, but notes differences - for example the much greater protest in rural areas in 2021. Glotsky also situates the protests in the context of Columbia's social and economic problems, which have been exacerbated by the impact of Covid.

Available online at:

https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news-feature/2021/5/10/colombian-protests-poverty-and-the-pandemic-collide-with-conflict-and-migration

Moving Mountains: Communities Confront Mining and Globalisation

Editor(s): Geoff Evans, James Goodman, and Nina Lansbury

Zed Books, London, 2002, pp. 284

Discusses role of corporations and governments in different parts of the world. Chapters 8-12 focus on resistance in Bougainville, the Philippines and Australia. Chapter 12 (pp. 195-206) covers the resistance to the Jabiluka uranium mine by the local Aboriginal people, supported by environmentalists.

The Fall of Soeharto

Editor(s): Geoff Forrester, and R.J. May

Hurst, London, 1998, pp. 261

Produced by Australian National University Research Unit. Examines how and why Suharto was forced to step down.

Creating Facts: Israel, Palestine and the West Bank

2nd edition

Author(s): Geoffrey Aronson

Kegan Paul International with Institute of Palestine Studies, London, New York and Washington, 1990, pp. 334

Covers the growing resistance from 1967 inside the Occupied Territories.

Political dialogue workshops: Deepening the peace process in Northern Ireland

Author(s): Geoffrey Cory

In: Conflict Resolution Quarterly, Vol 30, No 1, 2012, pp. 53-90

The author discusses the more than fifty residential three-day political dialogue workshops he facilitated between 1994 and 2007 at the Glencree Centre for Reconciliation near Dublin that brought together politicians from all parties in Britain and Ireland during the period of peace negotiations in Northern Ireland.