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Summary
Summary
As the first book in the field of leadership studies to approach sustainability as a multi-faceted leadership challenge, Leadership for Environmental Sustainability will help to set the terms of the discussion on this topic among students, scholars, and practitioners of leadership for years to come. It explores the connection between leadership and sustainability from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, including sociology, history, psychology, business, literature, communication, and the arts. With short chapters edited for readability, the book is aimed at scholars, practitioners, students, and educated lay readers interested in cutting-edge research and thinking on this topic.
Author Notes
Benjamin W. Redekop is Associate Professor of Leadership Studies at Christopher Newport University. His publications include Enlightenment and Community (McGill-Queens University Press, 2000), Power, Authority, and the Anabaptist Tradition (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001), and articles in Leadership Quarterly, Management Decision, The Encylopedia of Sustainability, Building Leadership Bridges, and Journal of Practical Consulting.
Table of Contents
| List of Tables | p. ix |
| List of Figures | p. xi |
| Acknowledgments | p. xiii |
| Introduction: Connecting Leadership and Sustainability | p. 1 |
| 1 An Ecological Perspective on Leadership Theory, Research, and PracticeRichard M. Wielkiewicz and Stephen P. Stelzner | |
| 2 Eco-Leadership: Towards the Development of a New Paradigm | p. 36 |
| 3 Challenges and Strategies of Leading for Sustainability | p. 55 |
| 4 Leadership and the Dynamics of Collaboration: Averting the Tragedy of the Commons | p. 67 |
| 5 Leadership for Sustainability in Business: It's all about the Stories We Tell | p. 93 |
| 6 Green Heroes Reexamined: An Evaluation of Environmental Role Models | p. 107 |
| 7 Communicating Leadership for Environmental Sustainability: The Rhetorical Strategies of Rachel Carson and Al Gore | p. 122 |
| 8 Artists as Transformative Leaders for Sustainability | p. 133 |
| 9 The Agrarian Mind and Good Leadership: Harvesting Insights from the Literary Field of Wendell Berry | p. 145 |
| 10 Leadership from Below: Farmers and Sustainable Agriculture in Ethiopia | p. 158 |
| 11 The League of Nations and the Problems of Health and the Environment: Leadership for the Common Good in Historical Perspective | p. 170 |
| 12 Protest, Power, and ôPolitical Somersaultsö: Leadership Lessons from the German Green Party | p. 184 |
| 13 Religion, Leadership, and the Natural Environment: The Case of American Evangelicals | p. 201 |
| 14 The Turn to Spirituality and Environmental Leadership | p. 218 |
| 15 Deep Systems Leadership: A Model for the 21st Century | p. 230 |
| Conclusion: Towards a New General Theory of Leadership | p. 243 |
| Contributors | p. 249 |
| Index | p. 255 |
