Summer Reading, Summer Highs, Summer Heat Wave Hyperpartisanship Goodbye

GLENWOOD LANDING, N.Y., July 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Subordinating American Democracy: Exploring the Functionality of "Dysfunctional" Hyperpartisanship by Robert L. Foster delivers substantial respite from the dog days of our Republic. But it's not a vacation. It's more like a challenging adventure. "It's the book that unites people by undercutting tribalism," claims the author.

Background

Foster began contemplating the relationship between nonpartisan issue advocacy and partisan politics in the 1990's while working at a not-for-profit. "Legislators seemed more interested in using issues I cared about to gain advantage over political opponents than compromising with the other side to make progress," asserts Foster. His book exposes the financial, psychological, and cultural incentivization of hyperpartisanship.

Hyperpartisanship

Subordinating American Democracy identifies a Partisanship Industry whose revenue stream increases with legislative dysfunction. "Dysfunction is contextual," quips Foster. "As parties pull further apart, as product differentiation becomes more clear-cut, as moderates in Congress are being pushed out, and our politics become more and more tribal, political spending increases and partisan content spreads throughout the media landscape," Foster explains.

The book employs ecological principles to delineate a hyperpartisan web with money, partisan segregation of media, and identity politics at its core. "Ideological segregation facilitates deeper partisan identification, and as people identify more closely with partisan entities, subordinating issues to electoral politics becomes simpler," Foster concludes.

Availability

Subordinating American Democracy is now available in multiple formats. More details can be found at Amazon, BARNES & NOBLE, Google Play, Rakuten kobo, and Bookshop.org. For more information, media inquiries, or interview requests, contact at [email protected].

About the Author

Foster has a B.S. in Interdisciplinary Studies, and graduated law school magna cum laude. He worked for twelve years at a not-for-profit where he collaborated with community groups, managed government relations and communications, and directed program activities. He also worked as a construction laborer, courier, maintenance hand, and kitchen staff. As author, 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.

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