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The
Politics of Nonviolent Action, Gene Sharp
Part 3:
The Dynamics of Nonviolent Action
Table of Contents
PREFACE by Dr. Gene Sharp
INTRODUCTION by Professor Thomas C. Schelling
PART THREE: THE DYNAMICS OF NONVIOLENT ACTION
Introduction
Notes
Chapter Nine
LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR NONVIOLENT ACTION
INTRODUCTION
CONFRONTING THE OPPONENT'S POWER
RISKS AND VARIATIONS IN NONVIOLENT ACTION
CASTING OFF FEAR
SOCIAL SOURCES OF POWER CHANGES
LEADERSHIP IN NONVIOLENT STRUGGLE
PREPARING FOR NONVIOLENT STRUGGLE
A. Investigation
B. Negotiations
C. Sharpening the focus for attack
D. Generating "cause consciousness"
E. Quantity and quality in nonviolent action
F. Organizing the movement
OPENNESS AND SECRECY IN NONVIOLENT STRUGGLE
BASIC ELEMENTS IN NONVIOLENT STRATEGY
A. The importance of strategy and tactics
B. Some key elements in nonviolent strategy and tactics
1. The indirect approach to the opponent's power
2. Psychological elements
3. Geographical and physical elements
4. Timing
5. Numbers and strength
6. The issue and concentration of strength
7. The initiative
C. The choice of weapons
D. Selecting the strategy and tactics
THE ULTIMATUM
NOTES TO CHAPTER NINE
Chapter Ten
CHALLENGE BRINGS REPRESSION
INTRODUCTION
A HALT TO SUBMISSION
INITIAL POLARIZATION FOLLOWED BY SHIFTING POWER
THE OPPONENT'S INITIAL PROBLEM
REPRESSION
A. Control of communication and information
B. Psychological pressures
C. Confiscation
D. Economic sanctions
E. Bans and prohibitions
F. Arrests and imprisonments
G. Exceptional restrictions
H. Direct physical violence
PERSISTENCE
THE NECESSITY OF SUFFERING
FACING BRUTALITIES
A. Official and unofficial brutalities
B. Remaining firm
NOTES TO CHAPTER TEN
Chapter Eleven
SOLIDARITY AND DISCIPLINE TO FIGHT REPRESSION
INTRODUCTION
THE NEED FOR SOLIDARITY
A. Maintaining rapport
B. Generating incentives
C. Reducing grounds for capitulation
D. Restraints or sanctions
INHIBITING REPRESSION
THE OPPONENT PREFERS VIOLENCE
THE NEED FOR NONVIOLENT BEHAVIOR
HOW VIOLENCE WEAKENS THE MOVEMENT
SABOTAGE AND NONVIOLENT ACTION
OTHER WAYS TO SLIP INTO VIOLENCE
THE NECESSITY OF DISCIPLINE
PROMOTING NONVIOLENT DISCIPLINE
REFUSAL TO HATE
THE INEFFICACY OF REPRESSION
A. Arresting leaders is inadequate
B. Repression measures may become new points of resistance
NOTES TO CHAPTER ELEVEN
Chapter Twelve
POLITICAL JIU-JITSU
INTRODUCTION
WINNING OVER UNCOMMITTED THIRD PARTIES
A. International indignation
B. Factors determining the impact of third-party support
C. The future of third-party support
AROUSING DISSENT AND OPPOSITION IN THE OPPONENT'S OWN CAMP
A. Questioning both repression and the cause
B. Repression produces defections: three cases
C. Four more cases of defections
D. The troops mutiny
E. Splits in the opponent regime
F. Provocation an appeals
INCREASING SUPPORT AND PARTICIPATION FROM THE GRIEVANCE GROUP
A. The victory in Palace Square
B. Strength needed to withstand repression
C. Repression may legitimize resistance
D. The numbers of resisters may grow
LESS SEVERE REPRESSION AND COUNTER-NONVIOLENCE?
ALTERING POWER
RELATIONSHIPS
NOTES TO CHAPTER TWELVE
Chapter Thirteen
THREE WAYS SUCCESS MAY BE ACHIEVED
INTRODUCTION
CONVERSION
A. Seeking conversion
B. The rationale of self-suffering
C. The barrier of social distance
D. Conversion through self-suffering
E. Some factors influencing conversion
1. External factors
2. Internal factors
F. Conversion may not be achieved
ACCOMMODATION
A. Violent repression seen as inappropriate
B. Getting rid of a nuisance
C. Adjusting to opposition in his own group
D. Minimizing economic losses
E. Bowing gracefully to the inevitable
NONVIOLENT COERCION
A. The concept of nonviolent coercion
B. Withdrawing the sources of political power
1. Authority
2. Human resources
3. Skills and knowledge
4. Intangible factors
5. Material resources
6. Sanctions
C. Some factors influencing nonviolent coercion
A SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION?
A. The risk and nature of defeat
B. A draw or an interim settlement?
C. Success
D. Toward a genuine solution
NOTES TO CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Chapter Fourteen
THE RETRIBUTION OF POWER
INTRODUCTION
EFFECTS ON THE NONVIOLENT GROUP
A. Ending submissiveness
B. Learning a technique which reveals one's power
C. Increasing fearlessness
D. Increasing self-esteem
E. Bringing satisfaction, enthusiasm and hope
F. Effects on aggression, masculinity, crime and violence
G. Increased group unity
H. Increased internal cooperation
I. Contagion
J. Conclusion
DIFFUSED POWER AND THE NONVIOLENT TECHNIQUE
A. Violence and centralization of power
B. Nonviolent action and decentralization of power
CONCLUSION
NOTES TO CHAPTER FOURTEEN
INDEX
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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