Narratives, Politics, and the Public Sphere - 9781138323148

Taylor & Francis

Published in 1998, Dr. Ku invites readers to reconsider the contemporary form of politics in terms of the cultural and narrative logics of public discourse. A narrative theory of public credibility is empirically applied through analysis of the narrative contexts surrounding the controversy over governor Patten\u2019s reform proposals in Hong Kong from 1992-1994. > Published in 1999, the book invites readers to rethink about the contemporary form of politics in terms of the cultural and narrative logics of public discourse. The author proposes that the notions of 'public' and 'narrative' are central to understanding the discursive formation of public opinion. Incorporating a reformulated conception of the public into a theory of narrative progression, Dr. Ku explains (1) the interaction between narrative construction and political conflicts in politics of public credibility and (2) the progressive or narrative formation of the force of the \u2019public\u2019 out of the struggle ass