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Leadership for Sustainability

Myth, Metaphor and Narrative in Governance

AvKristof Van Assche,Monica Gruezmacher

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

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Beskrivning

Offering a bold and original perspective, Leadership for Sustainability explores how leadership can drive meaningful sustainability transitions through local and regional governance. The authors introduce an interpretive framework developed around the concepts of myth, metaphor and narrative, revealing sustainability as a highly productive fiction - one that enables communities to observe their environment differently and envision and organize long-term futures. Through critical analysis of sustainability narratives and a careful dismantling of common leadership myths, this book uncovers the functions and roles of leadership within governance systems. This approach illuminates how leadership can foster new modes of observation, understanding, and organization that reconnect communities, governance, and the environment. Featuring a clear and concise overview of key issues, tools, concepts and contexts for the understanding of leadership for sustainability, this is an essential insight for scholars and practitioners working in sustainability, environmental issues, leadership studies, public policy, and administration.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2026-03-19
Mått:152 x 229 x 15 mm
Vikt:393 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:264
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781009620970

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Offentlig förvaltning inom Samhälle och politik
Affärsstrategi inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap
Affärsetik inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap

Mer om författaren

Kristof Van Assche is Professor of Planning, Governance and Development at the University of Alberta. He is also affiliated with the University of the Free State in South Africa; Bonn University's Center for Development Research (ZEF) in Germany; and, in Canada, with Memorial University of Newfoundland's Harris Centre for Regional Policy and the University of Saskatchewan's Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy. Monica Gruezmacher is Lecturer and Research Associate in Sustainability and Development at the University of Alberta and Adjunct Professor in Environmental Studies at the Environmental Policy Institute at Memorial University of Newfoundland.

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'Leadership for Sustainability is a sorely needed contribution for all decision-makers and researchers striving for sustainability and searching for the strategies that can make sustainability a reality in our world. Business as usual is no longer an option. Leaders and how they govern for sustainability will be the difference between where the world is headed and where it needs to go. Kristof Van Assche and Monica Gruezmacher illuminate the path in their brilliant book.' Arun Agrawal, Pulte Family Professor of Development Policy; and Director, Just Transformations to Sustainability Initiative, University of Notre Dame

Innehållsförteckning

Prologue; 1. Basic concepts: leadership, sustainability and governance; 2. Narratives and interpretation; 3. Metaphors and the amplification of meaning; 4. Metaphors and narratives of sustainability; 5. Five myths of sustainability leadership; 6. Leadership for sustainability; 7. Sustainability leadership and strategy; Glossary; Index.