David Benson
Biographic Data
| ID | 177293 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Benson |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Benson |
| SIGNATURE | BENSON D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Exeter |
| ORCID | 0009-0009-3447-4849 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 35 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 338 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 35 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Administrative Traditions of the Majority World
Decolonising public administration is an urgent and necessary endeavour. In this short article we argue that we cannot, however, settle for shallow decolonialisations. We argue that the specific iterations of bureaucracy evidenced in post‐colonial states across the majority world can be conceptualised through the lens of administrative traditions, but that any contemporary investigation into these traditions must take account of institutionally s…
A governance perspective for climate change adaptation
Partnership building? Government-led NGO participation in China’s grassroots waste governance
Social-ecological system approaches for water resources management
In the era of the Anthropocene, understanding the dynamic interactions between humans and water is crucial for supporting both human well-being and the sustainable management of resources. The current water management challenges are inherently unpredictable and difficult to control. Social-ecological systems (SESs) approaches explicitly recognize the connections and feedbacks between human and natural systems. For addressing the complex challenge…
Ideas, coalitions and compromise
Collective political action among divergent interest groups is not always easy. It requires coordination, compromise and, often, the persuasive action of a policy entrepreneur. Coalition strategies are often shaped by participants’ skill in mobilising ideas. Business-environmental coalitions – often considered ‘strange bedfellows’ – have proved to be important in emissions trading policy-making. In 2013, chronically low emissions prices meant tha…
Going around in circles? Conceptual recycling, patching and policy layering in the EU circular economy package
The circular economy (CE) concept is informing the governance of resource use and waste management on a global scale, leading to widespread policy instrument innovation. However, the recent appearance of CE ‘policy portfolios’ raises questions about whether such policies are genuinely path-breaking or are merely adjustments to existing arrangements. Tracing the emergence of the European Union’s Circular Economy Package shows that, while some meas…
A litany of practices
Emerging from the experience of a Brisbane-based intentional Christian community, this reflection explores how right belief, right desire and right action may fuse when discipleship centres on embodied spiritual practices. Spiritual formation, like physical training, takes repetitive exercise against resistance under supervision; and yet, lackadaisical disciples readily dismiss classic disciplines and cast off traditional liturgies as hackneyed l…
Policy Instrument Supply and Demand
The selection and design of renewable electricity support instruments is an important part of European Union (EU) energy policy and central to the governance of the Energy Union. In 2014, the European Commission published updated guidelines for state aid that effectively mandate the EU-wide implementation of auctions for allocating revenue support to commercial scale renewable electricity generation. This article argues that the RES auction’s rap…
Moving beyond water centricity? Conceptualizing integrated water resources management for implementing sustainable development goals
Wipeout? entrepreneurship, policy interaction and the EU’s 2030 renewable energy target
In 2014, the European Council set energy and climate targets for 2030 that will have far-reaching implications for the decarbonisation of Europe’s economy as well as the nature and success of the energy integration project, the Energy Union. The targets mark a qualitative shift towards a more technology-neutral EU climate and energy policy than represented in targets for 2020, decided in 2007. Existing explanations emphasise the role of non-state…
Environmental Governance
Environmental governance denotes the processes through which different actors govern the environment. Geographers have actively researched them from empirical, theoretical, and normative perspectives. From an empirical perspective, environmental governance involves a variety of actors (including governments and also businesses, nongovernmental organizations, and local communities), modes of governing (such as actor networks), and the means to ach…
Tidal river management in the south west Ganges-Brahmaputra delta in Bangladesh
Terrorism in Cyberspace
This book is Gabriel Weimann’s latest of many contributions to the study of how terrorists use digital media. In Terrorism in Cyberspace, he sets out to answer three questions: “1. What are the new faces of online terrorism? 2. What can be expected in the near future? 3. How can we counter these trends?” (p. 4). In order to answer these questions, Terrorism in Cyberspace gathers together Weimann’s extensive writings in many venues into a single a…
Environment and sustainable development scholarship
Partnering for bioregionalism in England
Cook, H., D. Benson, and L. Couldrick. 2016. Partnering for bioregionalism in England: a case study of the Westcountry Rivers Trust. Ecology and Society 21(2):38.http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-08504-210238
Environmental Policy
Evaluating social learning in England flood risk management
Policies Within the EU Multi-level System
The European Union (EU) has, over several decades, evolved into a unique hybrid political system which could be understood through the concept of multi-level governance (MLG). In his original argum
The Role of Policy Networks in the Coordination of the European Union’s Economic and Environmental Interests
Policy networks can help to coordinate different objectives. The vast literature on network governance often implies that the mere existence of networks will automatically lead to improved coordination. However, much empirical analysis so far has focused on networks within particular policy sectors, which may actually inhibit horizontal coordination across policy sectors. This focus has led to ambiguities regarding the use of networks in practice…
Radical institutional change in environmental governance
Evaluating participation in WFD river basin management in England and Wales
Examining the Scope for National Lesson‐drawing on Climate Governance
The need to understand the scope for comparative lesson‐drawing on national‐level climate mitigation policy has acquired added significance due to the current impasse in international‐level governance. Greater policy learning or lesson‐drawing among peers at the national level could, to an extent, foster meaningful developments by overcoming generalised international apathy and inaction. In this respect, we analyse the features of one significant…
Explaining Task Allocation in the EU
Federal theories are once again enjoying renewed interest within E uropean U nion studies, where they potentially have multiple uses, including shedding more light on the enduringly puzzling issue of task allocation. Yet their overtly rationalist nature means that they may underestimate the contingent and socially constructed nature of integration principles and norms. One recent theory that tries to adopt a more socially nuanced explanation of t…
Patterns of EU Energy Policy Outputs
This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Taylor & Francis via the DOI in this record
Green budgeting in an age of austerity
The integration of environmental concerns into government fiscal cycles, or green budgeting, is an increasingly popular means of pursuing environmental policy, but the global spread of green budgeting norms has been uneven. However, recent stimulus packages employed by advanced economies to promote economic growth integrate a strong green element. This raises questions about how the current desire for fiscal austerity interacts with existing fact…
What have we Learned from Policy Transfer Research? Dolowitz and Marsh Revisited
Over the last decade, policy transfer has emerged as an important concept within public policy analysis, guiding both theoretical and empirical research spanning many venues and issue areas. Using Dolowitz and Marsh's 1996 stocktake as its starting point, this article reviews what has been learned by whom and for what purpose. It finds that the literature has evolved from its rather narrow, state-centred roots to cover many more actors and venues…
Policy Transfer Research
Ideas, coalitions and compromise
Collective political action among divergent interest groups is not always easy. It requires coordination, compromise and, often, the persuasive action of a policy entrepreneur. Coalition strategies are often shaped by participants’ skill in mobilising ideas. Business-environmental coalitions – often considered ‘strange bedfellows’ – have proved to be important in emissions trading policy-making. In 2013, chronically low emissions prices meant tha…
Radical institutional change in environmental governance
Physical aggression as a function of perceived fighting ability and provocation
In three studies, Resource Holding Power (RHP) and provocation were manipulated in scenarios involving a young person in a bar with friends. In Study 1, teenage men reported lower likelihood of responding with physical aggression when insulted as levels of three RHP cues (size, allies and reputation) increased, effects that were accentuated by combinations of high‐RHP cues; in the second part of this study, they consistently rated an insult to th…
Evaluating social learning in England flood risk management
Going around in circles? Conceptual recycling, patching and policy layering in the EU circular economy package
The circular economy (CE) concept is informing the governance of resource use and waste management on a global scale, leading to widespread policy instrument innovation. However, the recent appearance of CE ‘policy portfolios’ raises questions about whether such policies are genuinely path-breaking or are merely adjustments to existing arrangements. Tracing the emergence of the European Union’s Circular Economy Package shows that, while some meas…
Understanding task allocation in the European Union
After a long period in the doldrums, in recent years the use of federalism to understand the European Union (EU) has undergone something of a renaissance. However, some of its core claims remain ambiguous and many have not been tested empirically. This paper argues that amongst a number of truth claims made by federal theorists, potentially the most illuminating is that relating to the allocation of decision-making powers (or tasks) across differ…
Policy Instrument Supply and Demand
The selection and design of renewable electricity support instruments is an important part of European Union (EU) energy policy and central to the governance of the Energy Union. In 2014, the European Commission published updated guidelines for state aid that effectively mandate the EU-wide implementation of auctions for allocating revenue support to commercial scale renewable electricity generation. This article argues that the RES auction’s rap…
Patterns of EU Energy Policy Outputs
This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Taylor & Francis via the DOI in this record
Collaborative environmental governance
Wipeout? entrepreneurship, policy interaction and the EU’s 2030 renewable energy target
In 2014, the European Council set energy and climate targets for 2030 that will have far-reaching implications for the decarbonisation of Europe’s economy as well as the nature and success of the energy integration project, the Energy Union. The targets mark a qualitative shift towards a more technology-neutral EU climate and energy policy than represented in targets for 2020, decided in 2007. Existing explanations emphasise the role of non-state…
Terrorism in Cyberspace
This book is Gabriel Weimann’s latest of many contributions to the study of how terrorists use digital media. In Terrorism in Cyberspace, he sets out to answer three questions: “1. What are the new faces of online terrorism? 2. What can be expected in the near future? 3. How can we counter these trends?” (p. 4). In order to answer these questions, Terrorism in Cyberspace gathers together Weimann’s extensive writings in many venues into a single a…
Green budgeting in an age of austerity
The integration of environmental concerns into government fiscal cycles, or green budgeting, is an increasingly popular means of pursuing environmental policy, but the global spread of green budgeting norms has been uneven. However, recent stimulus packages employed by advanced economies to promote economic growth integrate a strong green element. This raises questions about how the current desire for fiscal austerity interacts with existing fact…
Examining the Scope for National Lesson‐drawing on Climate Governance
The need to understand the scope for comparative lesson‐drawing on national‐level climate mitigation policy has acquired added significance due to the current impasse in international‐level governance. Greater policy learning or lesson‐drawing among peers at the national level could, to an extent, foster meaningful developments by overcoming generalised international apathy and inaction. In this respect, we analyse the features of one significant…
Tidal river management in the south west Ganges-Brahmaputra delta in Bangladesh
The Role of Policy Networks in the Coordination of the European Union’s Economic and Environmental Interests
Policy networks can help to coordinate different objectives. The vast literature on network governance often implies that the mere existence of networks will automatically lead to improved coordination. However, much empirical analysis so far has focused on networks within particular policy sectors, which may actually inhibit horizontal coordination across policy sectors. This focus has led to ambiguities regarding the use of networks in practice…
Moving beyond water centricity? Conceptualizing integrated water resources management for implementing sustainable development goals
Evaluating participation in WFD river basin management in England and Wales
Is Environmental Management Really More Collaborative? A Comparative Analysis of Putative ‘Paradigm Shifts’ in Europe, Australia, and the United States
It is a truism that environmental management has experienced a significant change in the locus of governing, in which centralised forms of steering have been gradually replaced by more collaborative management approaches organised at the ecosystem scale. Whereas much research capital has been expended on informing their design and promoting their uptake, surprisingly little systematic comparative empirical research exists on the precise nature an…
A governance perspective for climate change adaptation
Partnership building? Government-led NGO participation in China’s grassroots waste governance
Explaining Task Allocation in the EU
Federal theories are once again enjoying renewed interest within E uropean U nion studies, where they potentially have multiple uses, including shedding more light on the enduringly puzzling issue of task allocation. Yet their overtly rationalist nature means that they may underestimate the contingent and socially constructed nature of integration principles and norms. One recent theory that tries to adopt a more socially nuanced explanation of t…
Exploring the Tool‐kit of European Integration Theory
More and more scholars are revisiting federal theories in an attempt to explain the functioning of the EU. Yet in‐depth empirical testing of their claims remains surprisingly limited. Cooperative federalism represents one particularly promising variant of federal theory in this respect. This article extends and refines existing claims about its utility to show how EU policy‐making can be fruitfully conceived of as a multi‐level ‘cooperative game’…
European Union environmental policy after the Lisbon Treaty
European Union (EU) environmental policy is a key driver of national policy making in Western Europe and significantly shapes international environmental politics. The adoption of a new EU Treaty t
The Study of Disease in Relation to Culture by Horacio Fabrega, Jr. Behavioral Science, 17 (1972)
An Integrated Theory of Disease
Physical aggression as a function of perceived fighting ability and provocation
In three studies, Resource Holding Power (RHP) and provocation were manipulated in scenarios involving a young person in a bar with friends. In Study 1, teenage men reported lower likelihood of responding with physical aggression when insulted as levels of three RHP cues (size, allies and reputation) increased, effects that were accentuated by combinations of high‐RHP cues; in the second part of this study, they consistently rated an insult to th…
Understanding task allocation in the European Union
After a long period in the doldrums, in recent years the use of federalism to understand the European Union (EU) has undergone something of a renaissance. However, some of its core claims remain ambiguous and many have not been tested empirically. This paper argues that amongst a number of truth claims made by federal theorists, potentially the most illuminating is that relating to the allocation of decision-making powers (or tasks) across differ…
European Union environmental policy after the Lisbon Treaty
European Union (EU) environmental policy is a key driver of national policy making in Western Europe and significantly shapes international environmental politics. The adoption of a new EU Treaty t
Exploring the Tool‐kit of European Integration Theory
More and more scholars are revisiting federal theories in an attempt to explain the functioning of the EU. Yet in‐depth empirical testing of their claims remains surprisingly limited. Cooperative federalism represents one particularly promising variant of federal theory in this respect. This article extends and refines existing claims about its utility to show how EU policy‐making can be fruitfully conceived of as a multi‐level ‘cooperative game’…
What have we Learned from Policy Transfer Research? Dolowitz and Marsh Revisited
Over the last decade, policy transfer has emerged as an important concept within public policy analysis, guiding both theoretical and empirical research spanning many venues and issue areas. Using Dolowitz and Marsh's 1996 stocktake as its starting point, this article reviews what has been learned by whom and for what purpose. It finds that the literature has evolved from its rather narrow, state-centred roots to cover many more actors and venues…
Policy Transfer Research
Collaborative environmental governance
Is Environmental Management Really More Collaborative? A Comparative Analysis of Putative ‘Paradigm Shifts’ in Europe, Australia, and the United States
It is a truism that environmental management has experienced a significant change in the locus of governing, in which centralised forms of steering have been gradually replaced by more collaborative management approaches organised at the ecosystem scale. Whereas much research capital has been expended on informing their design and promoting their uptake, surprisingly little systematic comparative empirical research exists on the precise nature an…
Radical institutional change in environmental governance
Evaluating participation in WFD river basin management in England and Wales
Examining the Scope for National Lesson‐drawing on Climate Governance
The need to understand the scope for comparative lesson‐drawing on national‐level climate mitigation policy has acquired added significance due to the current impasse in international‐level governance. Greater policy learning or lesson‐drawing among peers at the national level could, to an extent, foster meaningful developments by overcoming generalised international apathy and inaction. In this respect, we analyse the features of one significant…
Explaining Task Allocation in the EU
Federal theories are once again enjoying renewed interest within E uropean U nion studies, where they potentially have multiple uses, including shedding more light on the enduringly puzzling issue of task allocation. Yet their overtly rationalist nature means that they may underestimate the contingent and socially constructed nature of integration principles and norms. One recent theory that tries to adopt a more socially nuanced explanation of t…
Patterns of EU Energy Policy Outputs
This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Taylor & Francis via the DOI in this record
Green budgeting in an age of austerity
The integration of environmental concerns into government fiscal cycles, or green budgeting, is an increasingly popular means of pursuing environmental policy, but the global spread of green budgeting norms has been uneven. However, recent stimulus packages employed by advanced economies to promote economic growth integrate a strong green element. This raises questions about how the current desire for fiscal austerity interacts with existing fact…
Environmental Policy
Evaluating social learning in England flood risk management
Policies Within the EU Multi-level System
The European Union (EU) has, over several decades, evolved into a unique hybrid political system which could be understood through the concept of multi-level governance (MLG). In his original argum
The Role of Policy Networks in the Coordination of the European Union’s Economic and Environmental Interests
Policy networks can help to coordinate different objectives. The vast literature on network governance often implies that the mere existence of networks will automatically lead to improved coordination. However, much empirical analysis so far has focused on networks within particular policy sectors, which may actually inhibit horizontal coordination across policy sectors. This focus has led to ambiguities regarding the use of networks in practice…
Terrorism in Cyberspace
This book is Gabriel Weimann’s latest of many contributions to the study of how terrorists use digital media. In Terrorism in Cyberspace, he sets out to answer three questions: “1. What are the new faces of online terrorism? 2. What can be expected in the near future? 3. How can we counter these trends?” (p. 4). In order to answer these questions, Terrorism in Cyberspace gathers together Weimann’s extensive writings in many venues into a single a…
Environment and sustainable development scholarship
Partnering for bioregionalism in England
Cook, H., D. Benson, and L. Couldrick. 2016. Partnering for bioregionalism in England: a case study of the Westcountry Rivers Trust. Ecology and Society 21(2):38.http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-08504-210238
Environmental Governance
Environmental governance denotes the processes through which different actors govern the environment. Geographers have actively researched them from empirical, theoretical, and normative perspectives. From an empirical perspective, environmental governance involves a variety of actors (including governments and also businesses, nongovernmental organizations, and local communities), modes of governing (such as actor networks), and the means to ach…
Tidal river management in the south west Ganges-Brahmaputra delta in Bangladesh
Political science (28 works) · Economics (22 works) · Law (15 works) · Business (14 works) · Sociology (13 works) · Environmental resource management (11 works) · Computer Science (10 works) · European union (10 works) · European Union Policy and Governance (10 works) · Politics (10 works)