Street Politics: Poor People's Movements in Iran (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780231108591)

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.

Author: Asef Bayat
ISBN-10: 0231108591
ISBN-13: 9780231108591
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/25/1997
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.82lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.97w x 0.59d