This paper examines the influence of radical flank actors in shifting field-level debates by increasing the legitimacy of pre-existing but peripheral issues. Using network text analysis, we apply this conceptual model to the climate change debate in the U.S. and the efforts of Bill McKibben and...

In 2008, The Nature Conservancy (TNC), the world’s wealthiest environmental non-governmental organization (ENGO) – with over $3 billion in assets – hired Mark Tercek, a former managing director at Goldman Sachs to be its president and CEO. While he may not have been the first choice for...