Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-225) and index.
Season 1 : drugs, race, and the structures of social immobility -- Season 2 : the wire, the waterfront, and the ravages of neoliberalism -- Season 3 : drugs, space, and redevelopment -- Season 4 : a neoliberal education: space, knowledge, and schooling -- Season 5 : the demise of the public sphere -- news, lies, and policing -- Conclusion : the Wire and the new dawn (maybe)