A part and yet apart: how third sector visions of carbon reduction are both welcomed and marginalised

What is it about?

Third sector organisations promoting environmental sustainability often have to work from the sidelines of society to achieve their goals. In doing so their visions of the future may be simultaneously welcomed and excluded. This paper examines a process of ‘integrative marginalisation’ in three cities in northern England. Integrative marginalisation has four key characteristics. Visions of a sustainable future are welcomed and accepted; there are relatively small investments of support; radical changes are excluded from mainstream decision-making; and institutional priorities that contain and limit environmental visions are ultimately asserted.

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