Street Politics Poor People's Movements in Iran

Name: Street Politics Poor People's Movements in Iran
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ISBN: 9780231108591

ISBN-10: 0231108591

ISBN-13: 9780231108591

Edition: 1997

Authors: Asef Bayat

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In the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s, an active political movement emerged on the streets of Iran's largest cities. Poor people began to construct their own communities on unused urban lands, creating an infrastructure----roads, electricity, running water, garbage collection, and shelters----all their own. As the Iranian government attempted to evict these illegal settlers, they resisted----fiercely and ultimately successfully. This is the story of their economic and political strategies.

Book details

List price: $38.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 11/25/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 0.59" wide x 0.90" long x 0.06" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

Asef Bayat is associate professor of sociology at The American University in Cairo.



Preface


Acknowledgments


Chronology of Pre- and Postrevolution Events



The Quiet Encroachment of the Ordinary



Mapping Out the "New Poor"



The Disfranchised and the Islamic Revolution: "Our Revolution and Theirs"



The Housing Rebels: The Occupation of Homes and Hotels, 1979-1981



Back-Street Politics: Squatters and the State



Workless Revolutionaries: The Movement of the Unemployed



Street Rebels: The Politics of Street Vending



Grassroots and State Power: The Promise and Perils of Quiet Encroachment


Notes


Bibliography


Glossary


Index