The Fox in the Henhouse takes an in-depth look at the growing practice of privatization-what it is, what it does to our society, and how we can stop it.

Foreword by Troy Duster Foreword by Amy Goodman Preface: Who We Are, Why We Care Introduction: A Road Map PART I Public, It’s Ours; Private, It’s Theirs Chapter 1 “Morning in America”? Chapter 2 Drawing the Line: Private Versus Public Goods Chapter 3 Introducing Corporations Chapter 4 Forms of Privatization PART II Privatization at Work A Worst-Case Scenario: For-Profit Private Prisons Chapter 6 Tracking and Backtracking Politicians Chapter 7 Keep the Paying Guests Coming: Filling Up the Prisons Chapter 8 We Love This Problem: Lives for Sale Chapter 9 Don’t Fence Me In: Private Walls and Public Rights Chapter 10 Privatizing Against Equality Chapter 11 Minds for Sale Chapter 12 Privatizing Social Security: A Case Study of Ideology, Strategy, Tactics PART III The Great Divide Chapter 13 The Two Cultures of the Twenty-First Century Chapter 14 Appreciating the Public Sector Chapter 15 A Fable, and a Fabulous True Story Chapter 16 An Offer No Corporation Could Refuse PART IV Freedom, Revolution, Progress Chapter 17 The American Dream—Always at Risk Chapter 18 Differing Visions, Conflicting Values Chapter 19 “Trickling Down” into the 1980s and 1990s Chapter 20 Methods That Affect Our Lives Chapter 21 Resistant Strengths Afterword: Returning Home, Remembering Meanings of Freedom Notes Bibliography Index Resources About the Authors