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Gene Sharp
Sign in to saveAmerican political scientist (1928-2018)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1928
- Died
- 2018
- Works
- 36
Top works
- Tsurat ha-leḥimah ha-ʻatidit
- Waging Nonviolent Struggle
- Non-violent action
- The Politics Of Nonviolent Action
- La FORCE SANS LA VIOLENCE
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- Listeners
- 14
- Total plays
- 72
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,392x
- The american rheumatism association 1987 revised criteria for the classification of rheumatoid arthritis
· 1988 · cited 15,764x
- CheckM: assessing the quality of microbial genomes recovered from isolates, single cells, and metagenomes
· 2015 · cited 11,526x
- The Sequence of the Human Genome
· 2001 · cited 10,177x
- Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 9,729x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1928-01-21 ) January 21, 1928, North Baltimore, Ohio , U.S.
- Died
- January 28, 2018 (2018-01-28) (aged 90), Boston, Massachusetts , U.S.
- Education
- Ohio State University ( BA , MA ), University of Oxford ( DPhil )
- Known for
- Theory of nonviolent resistance
- Awards
- Right Livelihood Award
- Fields
- Political science , civil resistance , nonviolent revolution
- Institutions
- University of Massachusetts Dartmouth , Harvard University , Albert Einstein Institution
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Gene Sharp (January 21, 1928 – January 28, 2018) 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 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 had previously been nominated three times, in 2009, 2012 and 2013. Sharp was widely considered the favorite for the 2012 award. In 2011, he was awarded the El-Hibri Peace Education Prize. In 2012, he was a recipient of the Right Livelihood Award for "developing and articulating the core principles and strategies of nonviolent resistance and supporting their practical implementation in conflict areas around the world".