Shows how the tragedy and suffering in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina signals a much larger crisis in the United States - one that threatens the very nature of individual freedom and inclusive democracy. This book explains how this crisis extends far beyond matters of leadership, governance, or the Bush administration.

1: Katrina and the Biopolitics of Disposability, Rethinking Biopolitics, Biopower and the Politics of Disposability, Neoliberalism in Dark Times, The Biopolitics of Poverty and Race, Conclusion, 2: Dirty Democracy and State Authoritarianism, Dirty Democracy in America, Market Fundamentalism and the Ethos of Privatize or Perish, Religious Fundamentalism and the New Conservatism, The Attack on Critical Thought and Dissent, The Politics of Cronyism and the Return of Old-Style Racism, The Militarization of America, The Struggle for an Oppositional Biopolitics