Street Politics : Poor People's Movements in Iran

by Bayat, Asef

• ISBN13: 9780231108591
• ISBN10: 0231108591
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-12-01
• Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Chronology of Pre- and Postrevolution Events
The Quiet Encroachment of the Ordinary	p. 1
Mapping Out the "New Poor"	p. 23
The Disfranchised and the Islamic Revolution: "Our Revolution and Theirs"	p. 35
The Housing Rebels: The Occupation of Homes and Hotels, 1979-1981	p. 59
Back-Street Politics: Squatters and the State	p. 75
Workless Revolutionaries: The Movement of the Unemployed	p. 109
Street Rebels: The Politics of Street Vending	p. 133
Grassroots and State Power: The Promise and Perils of Quiet Encroachment	p. 157
Notes	p. 167
Bibliography	p. 201
Glossary	p. 217
Index	p. 221
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