Street Politics

Poor People's Movements in Iran

Asef Bayat

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Columbia University Press
25 November 1997

Poverty & unemployment; Homelessness; Urban communities; Demonstrations & protest movements

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.

By: Asef Bayat
Imprint: Columbia University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 224mm, Width: 175mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 397g
ISBN: 9780231108591
ISBN 10: 0231108591
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 25 November 1997
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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

Reviews for Street Politics: Poor People's Movements in Iran

"""Focusing on the immediate prerevolutionary period and the first decade of the Islamic Republic, Bayat discusses the economic and political strategies of 'ordinary'[Iranian] people, mainly in Tehran.... He demonstrates that, for these people at least, the populist revolution did not bring about the changes that they needed or wanted."" -- ""Choice"""