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Sustainable Development Drivers
The Role of Leadership in Government, Business and NGO Performance
9780857934895 Edward Elgar Publishing
Sustainable development cannot be prescribed – rather, it results from conscious personal choices in government, business and NGOs. This thought-provoking book explores both the origins and future of the global sustainable development movement, and provides an original overview of the driving forces of sustainable development, including market forces and past and future trends.
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Sustainable development cannot be prescribed – rather, it results from conscious personal choices in government, business and NGOs. This thought-provoking book explores both the origins and future of the global sustainable development movement, and provides an original overview of the driving forces of sustainable development, including market forces and past and future trends.
The contributors, leading experts in the field, identify and analyze the sustainability attitudes of key actors in government, corporate and NGO leadership that have shaped sustainable development history. The importance of a new and unconventional role of governments in promoting sustainability is highlighted, while corporations and NGOs feel both the risk of failures and the importance of long-term global stability more directly.
Exploring the present and future scope of emerging global sustainable development movement, this stimulating and thought-provoking book will prove invaluable to a wide-ranging audience encompassing: academics, researchers, students and business practitioners with an interest in sustainable development and corporate social responsibility, public administration and public-private interactions; and policymakers involved in environmental, social and economic issues in both government and non-governmental organizations.
The contributors, leading experts in the field, identify and analyze the sustainability attitudes of key actors in government, corporate and NGO leadership that have shaped sustainable development history. The importance of a new and unconventional role of governments in promoting sustainability is highlighted, while corporations and NGOs feel both the risk of failures and the importance of long-term global stability more directly.
Exploring the present and future scope of emerging global sustainable development movement, this stimulating and thought-provoking book will prove invaluable to a wide-ranging audience encompassing: academics, researchers, students and business practitioners with an interest in sustainable development and corporate social responsibility, public administration and public-private interactions; and policymakers involved in environmental, social and economic issues in both government and non-governmental organizations.
Critical Acclaim
‘This book is state-of-the-art. The authors present refreshing ideas about sustainability. It is a challenging approach to the conceptualization, measurement and ranking of sustainable development. This goes far beyond technicalities, discussing political, managerial and spiritual aspects of societal change.’
– Jan Pronk, International Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands
– Jan Pronk, International Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands
Contributors
Contributors: E. Akdanova, J. Graafland, J. Hinssen, W. Kersten, P. Merry, H. Mommaas, O. Scharmer, L. Schuitemaker, H. Smid, L. Susskind, J. Tavenier, L. van de Voort, M. van den Brink, M. van Maasakkers, P. van Seters, A.-M. Voorhoeve, K. Zoeteman
Contents
Contents:
Preface
PART I: THE CORE OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
1. Sustainable Development: Taking Responsibility for the Whole
Kees Zoeteman
2. A Short History of Sustainable Development
Kees Zoeteman and Jaco Tavenier
3. The Mission Reflected in the Sustainable Development Concept: Uplifting Society
Kees Zoeteman and Hans Mommaas
4. Can Sustainable Development be Measured?
Kees Zoeteman
PART II: LEADERSHIP AND INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT
5. Leadership and Sustainability Attitudes in Personal Life
Kees Zoeteman
6. Individual and Organizational Development Phases Towards Sustainability
Margarete van den Brink
PART III: NATIONS, BUSINESSES AND MARKETS
7. Ranking of Nations
Kees Zoeteman, Wouter Kersten and Lieke van de Voort
8. Drivers of Corporate Social Responsibility
Johan Graafland and Hugo Smid
9. Understanding Differences in Business Sectors
Kees Zoeteman
10. Sustainability Attitudes in Local Area Development in the Netherlands
Jules Hinssen
PART IV: NGOs AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
11. NGOs and Sustainability Attitudes
Wouter Kersten, Elena Akdanova and Kees Zoeteman
12. The Sustainability Movement
Paul van Seters
13. The Case of the Center for Human Emergence Netherlands
Lisette Schuitemaker, Peter Merry and Anne-Marie Voorhoeve
PART V: PAST AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS
14. Building Consensus for Sustainable Development
Lawrence Susskind and Mattijs van Maasakkers
15. Trends, Crises and Sustainability
Kees Zoeteman
16. The Conflict of Our Time
Otto Scharmer
Index
Preface
PART I: THE CORE OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
1. Sustainable Development: Taking Responsibility for the Whole
Kees Zoeteman
2. A Short History of Sustainable Development
Kees Zoeteman and Jaco Tavenier
3. The Mission Reflected in the Sustainable Development Concept: Uplifting Society
Kees Zoeteman and Hans Mommaas
4. Can Sustainable Development be Measured?
Kees Zoeteman
PART II: LEADERSHIP AND INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT
5. Leadership and Sustainability Attitudes in Personal Life
Kees Zoeteman
6. Individual and Organizational Development Phases Towards Sustainability
Margarete van den Brink
PART III: NATIONS, BUSINESSES AND MARKETS
7. Ranking of Nations
Kees Zoeteman, Wouter Kersten and Lieke van de Voort
8. Drivers of Corporate Social Responsibility
Johan Graafland and Hugo Smid
9. Understanding Differences in Business Sectors
Kees Zoeteman
10. Sustainability Attitudes in Local Area Development in the Netherlands
Jules Hinssen
PART IV: NGOs AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
11. NGOs and Sustainability Attitudes
Wouter Kersten, Elena Akdanova and Kees Zoeteman
12. The Sustainability Movement
Paul van Seters
13. The Case of the Center for Human Emergence Netherlands
Lisette Schuitemaker, Peter Merry and Anne-Marie Voorhoeve
PART V: PAST AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS
14. Building Consensus for Sustainable Development
Lawrence Susskind and Mattijs van Maasakkers
15. Trends, Crises and Sustainability
Kees Zoeteman
16. The Conflict of Our Time
Otto Scharmer
Index
