Gene Sharp's The Politics of Nonviolent Action is a landmark study of nonviolent action in three volumes: Power and Struggle, The Methods of Nonviolent Action, and The Dynamics of Nonviolent Action.
Power and Struggle begins with an analysis of the nature of political power. The Methods of Nonviolent Action examines in detail 198 specific methods of this technique - broadly classed as nonviolent protest and persuasion, noncooperation (social, economic and political) and nonviolent intervention. The Dynamics of Nonviolent Action examines the complex operation of this technique against a violent repressive opponent.
