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Tech Boom to Tax Boom: Urban Power and Redistribution in 21st Century Seattle
Tech Boom to Tax Boom: Urban Power and Redistribution in 21st Century Seattle
상세정보
- 자료유형
- 학위논문 서양
- 최종처리일시
- 20260202104800
- ISBN
- 9798293846689
- DDC
- 301
- 저자명
- Guler, Selen.
- 서명/저자
- Tech Boom to Tax Boom: Urban Power and Redistribution in 21st Century Seattle
- 발행사항
- [Sl] : University of Washington, 2025
- 발행사항
- Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2025
- 형태사항
- 145 p
- 주기사항
- Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 87-03, Section: A.
- 주기사항
- Advisor: Quinn, Sarah.
- 학위논문주기
- Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2025.
- 초록/해제
- 요약Local governments in the United States are tasked with meeting the basic needs of their residents, from public health and safety to economic development. But these "basic" services have become increasingly complex for local actors, as federal and state governments disinvest in urban policy and the provision of social care. At the same time, economic resources, opportunities, and taxable revenue consolidate in select urban regions, making post-industrial cities like Seattle sites of both prosperity and precarity. Under these conditions, how do the local policies and politics of redistribution evolve? Weaving together organizational, relational, and strategic accounts, my dissertation theorizes the evolving role of local governments in political life as subnational state formation. Through a case study of Seattle, I investigate how local actors navigate structural constraints to build autonomous fiscal capacity. Drawing on archival research, interviews, and video recordings of municipal meetings, I examine how Seattle passed an innovative and progressive tax on big businesses. While existing studies emphasize the limits imposed by private corporations, capital flight threats, and higher levels of government, I argue that cities can engage in progressive statecraft by cultivating long-term coalitions, building institutional capacity, and experimenting with policymaking. I trace the evolution of tax campaigns, coalitions, and political imaginaries, from failed, controversial, "unconstitutional" tax initiatives to the passage of the JumpStart, which funded large investments in affordable housing. Thus, this dissertation sheds light on how tech-driven growth, political shifts and realignments shape the boundaries of the possible. In a context of deepening inequality and federal gridlock, understanding what cities can achieve is vital for scholars and anyone asking how redistribution is being reimagined in and through cities.
- 일반주제명
- Sociology
- 일반주제명
- American studies
- 일반주제명
- Finance
- 키워드
- City power
- 키워드
- Coalitions
- 키워드
- Seattle
- 키워드
- Social movements
- 키워드
- Taxation
- 기타저자
- University of Washington Sociology
- 기본자료저록
- Dissertations Abstracts International. 87-03A.
- 전자적 위치 및 접속
- 로그인 후 원문을 볼 수 있습니다.
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■5021 ▼aThesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2025.
■520 ▼aLocal governments in the United States are tasked with meeting the basic needs of their residents, from public health and safety to economic development. But these "basic" services have become increasingly complex for local actors, as federal and state governments disinvest in urban policy and the provision of social care. At the same time, economic resources, opportunities, and taxable revenue consolidate in select urban regions, making post-industrial cities like Seattle sites of both prosperity and precarity. Under these conditions, how do the local policies and politics of redistribution evolve? Weaving together organizational, relational, and strategic accounts, my dissertation theorizes the evolving role of local governments in political life as subnational state formation. Through a case study of Seattle, I investigate how local actors navigate structural constraints to build autonomous fiscal capacity. Drawing on archival research, interviews, and video recordings of municipal meetings, I examine how Seattle passed an innovative and progressive tax on big businesses. While existing studies emphasize the limits imposed by private corporations, capital flight threats, and higher levels of government, I argue that cities can engage in progressive statecraft by cultivating long-term coalitions, building institutional capacity, and experimenting with policymaking. I trace the evolution of tax campaigns, coalitions, and political imaginaries, from failed, controversial, "unconstitutional" tax initiatives to the passage of the JumpStart, which funded large investments in affordable housing. Thus, this dissertation sheds light on how tech-driven growth, political shifts and realignments shape the boundaries of the possible. In a context of deepening inequality and federal gridlock, understanding what cities can achieve is vital for scholars and anyone asking how redistribution is being reimagined in and through cities.
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■791 ▼aPh.D.
■792 ▼a2025
■793 ▼aEnglish
■85640▼uhttp://www.riss.kr/pdu/ddodLink.do?id=T17358847▼nKERIS▼z이 자료의 원문은 한국교육학술정보원에서 제공합니다.
