Book

Poverty and revolution in Iran: the migrant poor, urban marginality and politics

New York University PressNew York • Published In 1980 • Pages:

By: Kazemi, Farhad.

Abstract
This is an analysis of the migrant poor and their degree of participation in the Iranian Revolution. Kazemi examines in detail the origins and conditions of the migrant poor, distinguishing between squatters, non-squatters, the underemployed and regularly employed. He first examines the theories of dependency, marginality and migration, and their relevance to the Iranian experience. He refutes a direct link between marginality and dependent capitalism, and marginality and alienation. He examines the history of urbanism and migration in Iran, noting in particular the the failure of land reform and the oil boom economy. He also looks at the residential patterns of squatter settlement in the city, socioeconomic data-- especially in regard to employment and housing-- and forms of group association and political participation. Finally he discusses the degree to which the urban migrant poor participated in the revolution, and were successfully recruited by the secular and religious revolutionary movements. According to Kazemi, the urban migrant poor were not coopted by movement leaders, but acted out of their own needs and aspirations.
Subjects
Poverty
Revolution
Urban and rural life
culture
Iran
HRAF PubDate
2000
Region
Middle East
Sub Region
Middle East
Document Type
Book
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Ian Skoggard ; 2005
Field Date
1974-1977
Coverage Date
1943-1979
Coverage Place
Iran
Notes
Farhad Kazemi
Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-176) and index
LCCN
80023374
LCSH
Iranians/Rural-urban migration--Iran/Iran--Social conditions