About Subordinating American Democracy: Exploring the Functionality of “Dysfunctional” Hyperpartisanship by Robert L. Foster
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.
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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 and their staff at the local, state, and federal level to advocate for reasonable policy change.
He also worked as a construction laborer, courier, maintenance hand, and kitchen staff. As author, Mr. Foster blends his academic and professional experiences to form ecologically sound and politically sophisticated analyses, although he insists his grunt work provides the most solid foundation for egalitarian comprehension.