Street politics
Subtitle: poor people's movements in Iran
By: Asef Bayat.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
Subjects: Squatter settlements -- Iran; Squatters -- Iran; Vending stands -- Iran; Poor -- Iran -- Political activity; Iran -- Politics and government -- 1979-1997
Description: 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.--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-216) and index.