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"These Are The Ghettos Of Washington": Neoliberal Public Housing Redevelopment In Tacoma, Wa, Leah Rachel Montange
"These Are The Ghettos Of Washington": Neoliberal Public Housing Redevelopment In Tacoma, Wa, Leah Rachel Montange
TAC Talks
From 2000-2011, the Tacoma Housing Authority (THA) redeveloped Salishan, a worn down, family public housing neighborhood into a mixed income neighborhood of subsidized, senior, and market rate housing. With this redevelopment process as a case study, I sought to understand how the neoliberal turn in public housing interweaves with local specificities, including regulatory frameworks, political cultures, and housing economies. I used archival research, interviews, and discourse analysis to examine the remaking of Salishan. THA’s promotional literature, and the redevelopment itself, depict an amalgam of inclusive, redistributive, and neoliberal imaginations. For instance, the Tacoma Housing Authority made substantial effort to maximize …
The Immigration-Industrial Complex: Blurring The Lines Of Private Enterprise And Public Interest, Douglas Epps
The Immigration-Industrial Complex: Blurring The Lines Of Private Enterprise And Public Interest, Douglas Epps
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America’s immigration system has increasingly become the subject of controversy in recent decades, with political leaders stuck in a veritable “stalemate” in regards to reform. But, what if there are other players in the game who stand to profit from such legislative stagnation? This presentation will explore such possibilities and the influences of private immigration detention conglomerates on the public interest.
There is perhaps no greater blurring of public and private lines than in the privatization of prison and detention services. As a former detention officer in the nation’s fourth largest immigration holding facility, Tacoma’s Northwest Detention Center, I gained …