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Environmentally Sustainable Leadership
Past, Present, and Future
9781800374041 Edward Elgar Publishing
Benjamin Redekop expertly presents a comprehensive overview of the rise and evolution of environmentally sustainable leadership from the early 19th century to the present day. Redekop not only assesses the approaches of various historical and contemporary leaders, but also provides a foundation for understanding the challenges, dilemmas, and opportunities for sustainable leadership today.
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Benjamin Redekop expertly presents a comprehensive overview of the rise and evolution of environmentally sustainable leadership from the early 19th century to the present day. Redekop not only assesses the approaches of various historical and contemporary leaders, but also provides a foundation for understanding the challenges, dilemmas, and opportunities for sustainable leadership today.
Through the lens of contemporary theories and models of leadership, including the Eco-Leadership paradigm, this erudite book highlights the development of various forms and styles of sustainable and unsustainable leadership. Incorporating real-world examples, chapters provide in-depth analyses of individual leaders and their influence while paying close attention to other factors in the leadership process. Redekop explores the notion of environmentally sustainable leadership from numerous perspectives and in a variety of historical, geographical, and theoretical settings.
This book will prove essential to researchers, academics and students interested in business and management, politics and public policy, business leadership, corporate social responsibility, management and sustainability, and environmental management. It will also appeal to those looking to better understand environmental leadership and the history of the environmental movement.
Through the lens of contemporary theories and models of leadership, including the Eco-Leadership paradigm, this erudite book highlights the development of various forms and styles of sustainable and unsustainable leadership. Incorporating real-world examples, chapters provide in-depth analyses of individual leaders and their influence while paying close attention to other factors in the leadership process. Redekop explores the notion of environmentally sustainable leadership from numerous perspectives and in a variety of historical, geographical, and theoretical settings.
This book will prove essential to researchers, academics and students interested in business and management, politics and public policy, business leadership, corporate social responsibility, management and sustainability, and environmental management. It will also appeal to those looking to better understand environmental leadership and the history of the environmental movement.
Critical Acclaim
‘Redekop provides inspiring examples of those who have led the way in considering the natural world as a fundamental component of the leadership process. His insights into contemporary theories and models provide readers with practical strategies to help compel others to live in harmony with their environment.’
– Robert M. McManus, Muskingum University, US
‘Redekop reveals past and current foundations of environmentally sustainable leadership: a set of concepts and practices built for creative destruction of the industrial leadership paradigm. Drawing on biographical, historical, and social sciences approaches, Redekop’s work is accessible, insightful, and highly relevant to those who would lead toward sustainability and justice.’
– Tina Lynn Evans, Colorado Mountain College, US
‘Ben is a true student of history and in this book we all benefit from it. By “limiting” his scope to examining the competing narratives of sustainability and environmental leadership in the United States, he has crafted a crucial and highly engaging contribution to our growing understanding of what sustainable leadership was, is, and can be.’
– Rian Satterwhite, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, US
‘In this brilliant and elegant book, Benjamin Redekop critiques the prevailing American model of what he terms “unsustainable leadership,” and argues for a new understanding, arising from the ideas and insights of pioneering women like Rachel Carson and Marjory Stoneman Douglas, that puts sustainability and respect for the natural world at the center of the leader’s work.’
– Michael Harvey, Washington College, US
– Robert M. McManus, Muskingum University, US
‘Redekop reveals past and current foundations of environmentally sustainable leadership: a set of concepts and practices built for creative destruction of the industrial leadership paradigm. Drawing on biographical, historical, and social sciences approaches, Redekop’s work is accessible, insightful, and highly relevant to those who would lead toward sustainability and justice.’
– Tina Lynn Evans, Colorado Mountain College, US
‘Ben is a true student of history and in this book we all benefit from it. By “limiting” his scope to examining the competing narratives of sustainability and environmental leadership in the United States, he has crafted a crucial and highly engaging contribution to our growing understanding of what sustainable leadership was, is, and can be.’
– Rian Satterwhite, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, US
‘In this brilliant and elegant book, Benjamin Redekop critiques the prevailing American model of what he terms “unsustainable leadership,” and argues for a new understanding, arising from the ideas and insights of pioneering women like Rachel Carson and Marjory Stoneman Douglas, that puts sustainability and respect for the natural world at the center of the leader’s work.’
– Michael Harvey, Washington College, US
