Leadership for Sustainability

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.

• 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.

'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