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Reflections on a policy denouement: the politics of mainstreaming zero‐carbon housing
Author(s) -
Walker Gordon,
Karvonen Andrew,
Guy Simon
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
transactions of the institute of british geographers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.196
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1475-5661
pISSN - 0020-2754
DOI - 10.1111/tran.12104
Subject(s) - politics , mainstreaming , context (archaeology) , corporate governance , carbon fibers , capital (architecture) , state (computer science) , local governance , sociology , political science , political economy , economics , history , archaeology , law , management , mathematics , special education , algorithm , composite number
We reflect on the decision to abandon the mainstreaming of zero‐carbon house building in England, in the context of our paper (Walker et al . 2015) that took this long‐standing policy commitment as its case study. We consider this denouement as further evidence of how the exigencies of capital accumulation resist moves towards low‐carbon transition. We reflect on what it reveals about the relation between politics and governance, the grounding and locating of carbon responsibilities and the necessary role of the state in enabling the everyday reproduction of low‐carbon living.