Reason and protest in the new urban public health movement: an observation on the sociological analysis of political discourse in the 'healthy city'.

摘要: The urban environment represents an important social and geographical focus for the international new public health movement in general World Health Organization's 'Healthy Cities' project particular. Existing policies of relevance to are however infused with notions cause, effect ideas appropriate intervention that reflect highly malleable more or less conscious expressions rationality, self-interest organizational purpose - Factors central sociological analysis political discourse objectives associated movement. This article begins develop a research agenda this respect through consideration 'language' policy reference Habermas' idea 'communicative reason'. It is argued case-study based into has balance empirical accounts 'policy ontologies' confront underpin mobilizations has, secondly, consider capacity orientation' such initiatives.