Book Giveaway For Subordinating American Democracy: Exploring the Functionality of “Dysfunctional” Hyperpartisanship

Subordinating American Democracy by Robert Foster

Subordinating American Democracy: Exploring the Functionality of “Dysfunctional” Hyperpartisanship

Release date: Mar 13, 2025

“Robert L. Foster writes that the hyperpartisanship which currently afflicts America’s political and social discourse has developed into a malignancy “Robert L. Foster writes that the hyperpartisanship which currently afflicts America’s political and social discourse has developed into a malignancy that perverts self-determination, exalts zero-sum solutions, [and] diminishes democracy’s functionality. . .. He also persuasively asserts that media fragmentation ‘provides soft environments for partisans[,]’ because ‘[w]eak arguments are given a free pass[,]’ ‘[f]lawed logic is overlooked[,]’ and ‘mediocrity thrives.’” – JEFFREY M. WINN, NEW YORK LAW JOURNAL

“Foster’s book serves as a timely and urgent call for a shift in how Americans engage with politics. . .. ‘Subordinating American Democracy’ provides a comprehensive and thought-provoking analysis of the challenges facing American democracy today.” – SWAPNA PERI, BOOK REVIEWS CAFE

How Can a “Dysfunctional” Phenomenon Evolve and Perpetuate? Since WWII, America has been considered the quintessential democratic superpower. Yet between the economic beehive of private sector freedom and the responsibility of constitutional democracy, debilitating polarity threatens the archetype.

In Subordinating American Democracy, Robert L. Foster uses an analytical framework based on evolutionary theory and ecological principles to explore how hyperpartisanship thrives within our ecosystem. Examining relationships within and between the private and public sectors delineates an extensive hyperpartisan web supported by institutional and systemic structuring, cultural trends including partisan segregation or tribalism, and human psychology.

Subordinating American Democracy cuts through the trendy hype of partisan media analysis to articulate hyperpartisanship’s functionality. Through financial incentivization, psychological appeasement, and tribal bullying, hyperpartisanship supersedes functional democracy.

Subordinating American Democracy inspires readers to consider subtle aspects of their relationship with democratic instrumentalities and discover pathways toward constitutional functionality. ...more

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Giveaway dates: Feb 20 - Mar 04, 2025

Countries available: U.S.

About Robert Foster

Robert L. Foster studied environmental science as an undergraduate, earned a B.S. in Interdisciplinary Studies, and graduated law school magna cum laude. He worked for twelve years at a not-for-profit environmental organization where he collaborated with community groups, managed government relations and communications, and directed program activities. He regularly met with government officials an ...more

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