David Toke

Research output

Research output per year 1990 2000 2001 2005 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2013 2015 2017 2018 2022

• 60 Article
• 9 Book
• 2 Chapter
• 1 Newspaper

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2022

  When safety is relative: Ecological Modernisation theory and the nuclear safety regulatory regimes of France, the United Kingdom and United States

  Toke, D., Apr 2022, In: Energy Research & Social Science. 86, 9 p., 102447.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • modernization theory 100%
  • Safety regulations 93%
  • regulatory regime 87%
  • Modernization 82%
  • modernization 63%
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• In a rush to replace Russian gas, the EU has damaged its own climate change strategy

  Toke, D., 18 Mar 2022, The Conversation.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Newspaper

  Open Access

  • import 100%
  • heat pump 63%
  • gas supply 62%
  • climate change 58%
  • climate 53%
• 2021

  Nuclear Power in Stagnation: A Cultural Approach to Failed Expansion

  Toke, D., Chun-Fung Chen, G., Froggatt, A. & Connolly, R., 9 Mar 2021, Abingdon: Routledge. 188 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

  • stagnation 100%
  • nuclear power 88%
  • Safety regulations 72%
  • Safety standards 35%
  • Environmental regulations 33%
  1 Citation (Scopus)
• 2019

  Now that UK nuclear power plans are in tatters, it’s vital to double down on wind and solar

  Toke, D., 23 Jan 2019, The Conversation.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

  Open Access

  • nuclear power 100%
  • plan 55%
  • energy policy 46%
  • carbon 45%
  • solar energy 43%
• 2018

  Low Carbon Politics: A Cultural Approach Focusing on Low Carbon Electricity

  Toke, D., 5 Apr 2018, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. 173 p. (Routledge studies in energy policy)

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

  • nuclear power 100%
  • politics 92%
  • alternative energy 75%
  • electricity 71%
  • carbon 45%
  6 Citations (Scopus)

• The unholy alliance that explains why renewable energy is trouncing nuclear

  Toke, D., 19 Mar 2018, The Conversation.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

  Open Access

  • renewable energy 100%
  • hydropower 59%
  • cultural theory 55%
  • costs 53%
  • political agenda 50%

• Community renewables in the UK - a clash of cultures?

  Harnmeijer, J., Toke, D. & Slee, B., 2018, In: International Journal of Technology Intelligence and Planning. 12, 1, p. 99-120 22 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Renewable energy resources 100%
  • Scotland 90%
  • Wales 80%
  • England 50%
  • Local Institutions 33%
  6 Citations (Scopus)
• 2017

  Sub-national government and pathways to sustainable energy

  Cowell, R., Ellis, G., Sherry-Brennan, F., Strachan, P. A. & Toke, D., Nov 2017, In: Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space. 35, 7, p. 1139-1155 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • National government 100%
  • alternative energy 92%
  • energy 68%
  • devolution 30%
  • political process 28%
  29 Citations (Scopus)

• China’s role in reducing carbon emissions: The stabilisation of energy consumption and the deployment of renewable energy

  Toke, D., 1 Apr 2017, Taylor and Francis. 168 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

  • energy consumption 100%
  • Stabilization 93%
  • stabilization 90%
  • renewable energy 88%
  • Carbon Emissions 84%
  12 Citations (Scopus)

• Energy transitions, sub-national government and regime flexibility: how has devolution in the United Kingdom affected renewable energy development?

  Cowell, R., Ellis, G., Sherry-Brennan, F., Strachan, P. A. & Toke, D., Jan 2017, In: Energy Research & Social Science. 23, p. 169-181 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • renewable energy 100%
  • National government 94%
  • decentralization 85%
  • Renewable energy resources 75%
  • flexibility 74%
  38 Citations (Scopus)

  10 Downloads (Pure)

• Rescaling the Governance of Renewable Energy: Lessons from the UK Devolution Experience

  Cowell, R., Ellis, G., Sherry-Brennan, F., Strachan, P. A. & Toke, D., 2017, In: Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning. 19, 5, p. 480-502 23 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • devolution 100%
  • alternative energy 60%
  • electricity generation 18%
  • subsidy 17%
  • sustainable development 13%
  35 Citations (Scopus)

  10 Downloads (Pure)
• 2016

  Electricity Market Reform: So what's new?

  Toke, D. & Baker, K., Oct 2016, In: Policy & Politics. 44, 4, p. 445-461 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • electricity 100%
  • market 73%
  • reform 59%
  • nuclear power 24%
  • regulatory regime 24%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  10 Downloads (Pure)
• 2015

  Policy Consultation and Political Styles: Renewable energy consultations in the UK and Denmark

  Toke, D. & Ørsted Nielsen, H., Dec 2015, In: British Politics. 10, 4, p. 454-474 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • policy implementation 100%
  • renewable energy 99%
  • Denmark 94%
  • Energy 71%
  • common share 59%
  14 Citations (Scopus)

  16 Downloads (Pure)

• Renewable Energy Auctions and Tenders: How good are they?

  Toke, D., Dec 2015, In: International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management. 8, p. 43-56 14 p., 5.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • auction 100%
  • renewable energy 75%
  • alternative energy 65%
  • Renewable energy resources 56%
  • project 12%
  30 Citations (Scopus)

• If the Hinkley C nuclear deal looks astonishing, that’s because it is

  Toke, D., 22 Sept 2015, The Conversation.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

  Open Access

  • nuclear power 100%
  • project 42%
  • cost 42%
  • energy 39%

• The only way to meet green energy targets is to hand some power back to Scotland

  Toke, D., 12 Jun 2015, The Conversation.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

  Open Access

  • wind farm 100%
  • subsidy 91%
  • alternative energy 77%
  • fossil fuel 76%
  • plan 57%

• Promoting community renewable energy in a corporate energy world

  Strachan, P. A., Cowell, R., Ellis, G., Sherry-Brennan, F. & Toke, D., Mar 2015, In: Sustainable Development. 23, 2, p. 96-109 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • devolution 100%
  • renewable energy 70%
  • Renewable Energy 64%
  • alternative energy 60%
  • Renewable energy resources 52%
  113 Citations (Scopus)

• Europe’s electricity regime: Restoration or thorough transition

  Verbruggen, A., Di Nucci, R., Fischedick, M., Haas, R., Hvelplund, F., Lauber, V., Lorenzonis, A., Mez, L., Nilsson, L. J., Del Rio Gonzalez, P., Schleich, J. & Toke, D., 2015, In: International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management. 5, p. 57-68 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • restoration 100%
  • electricity supply 95%
  • electricity 95%
  • Restoration 94%
  • Electricity 70%
  23 Citations (Scopus)
• 2013

  Scotland benefits by paying for its energy, not UK’s mistakes

  Toke, D., 6 Dec 2013, The Conversation.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

  Open Access

  • alternative energy 100%
  • electricity 94%
  • nuclear power 66%
  • nuclear power plant 56%
  • energy 52%

• Climate change and the nuclear securitisation of UK energy policy

  Toke, D., 23 Jul 2013, In: Environmental Politics. 22, 4, p. 553-570 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • neoliberalism 100%
  • nuclear power 74%
  • energy policy 69%
  • electricity 59%
  • climate change 51%
  10 Citations (Scopus)

• The relationship between climate change and energy security: key issues and conclusions

  Toke, D. & Vezirgiannidou, S-E., 23 Jul 2013, In: Environmental Politics. 22, 4, p. 537-552 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • climate change 100%
  • energy 80%
  • energy policy 22%
  • politics 22%
  • elite 15%
  37 Citations (Scopus)

• Planning, energy and devolution in the UK

  Ellis, G., Cowell, R., Sherry-Brennan, F., Strachan, P. & Toke, D., 1 Jan 2013, In: Town Planning Review. 84, 3, p. 397-409 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • devolution 100%
  • energy planning 91%
  • planning system 77%
  • renewable energy 70%
  • alternative energy 60%
  17 Citations (Scopus)

• Scotland, Renewable Energy and the Independence Debate: Will Head or Heart Rule the Roost?

  Toke, D., Fionnguala Sherry-Brennan, F., Cowell, R., Ellis, G. & Strachan, P., Jan 2013, In: Political Quarterly. 84, 1-3, p. 61-70 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • renewable energy 100%
  • subsidy 62%
  • political support 36%
  • energy policy 32%
  • electricity 30%
  17 Citations (Scopus)

• The Politics of a Multi-level Citizenship: French Republicanism, Roma Mobility and the EU

  Parker, O. & Toke, D., 2013, In: Global Society. 27, 3, p. 360-378 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • citizenship 100%
  • Romani 98%
  • republicanism 90%
  • Roma 76%
  • politics 75%
  11 Citations (Scopus)
• 2011

  UK Electricity Market Reform - revolution or much ado about nothing?

  Toke, D., Dec 2011, In: Energy Policy. 39, 12, p. 7609-7611 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  File

  • Power markets 100%
  • electricity 84%
  • Electricity 70%
  • market 69%
  • program 50%
  15 Citations (Scopus)

  6 Downloads (Pure)

• Ecological Modernisation and Renewable Energy

  Toke, D., 9 Feb 2011, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. 202 p. (Energy, Climate and the Environment Series)

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

  • renewable energy 100%
  • modernization 80%
  • energy industry 31%
  • industry 27%
  • Denmark 22%

• The UK offshore wind power programme: A sea-change in UK energy policy?

  Toke, D., Feb 2011, In: Energy Policy. 39, 2, p. 526-534 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  File

  • Energy policy 100%
  • wind power 96%
  • energy policy 95%
  • Wind power 71%
  • sea 44%
  82 Citations (Scopus)

  70 Downloads (Pure)

• Ecological modernisation, social movements and renewable energy

  Toke, D., Jan 2011, In: Environmental Politics. 20, 1, p. 60-77 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • social movement 100%
  • ecological modernization 100%
  • renewable energy 67%
  • Social Movements 60%
  • alternative energy 58%
  64 Citations (Scopus)
• 2010

  Politics by heuristics: Policy networks with a focus on actor resources, as illustrated by the case of renewable energy policy under New Labour

  Toke, D., Sept 2010, In: Public Administration. 88, 3, p. 764-781 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • New Labour 100%
  • renewable energy 91%
  • energy policy 90%
  • heuristics 80%
  • politics 47%
  13 Citations (Scopus)

• Exploring the landscape of wind farm developments: local area characteristics and planning process outcomes in rural England

  Van Der Horst, D. & Toke, D., Apr 2010, In: Land Use Policy. 27, 2, p. 214-221 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • wind farms 100%
  • local development 81%
  • wind farm 75%
  • planning process 67%
  • England 64%
  88 Citations (Scopus)

• Foxhunting and the Conservatives

  Toke, D., Apr 2010, In: Political Quarterly. 81, 2, p. 205-212 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • act 100%
  • ban 75%
  • parliament 33%
  • voter 30%
  • candidacy 28%
  9 Citations (Scopus)

• Ecological modernisation as bureaucracy: organic food and its certification in the UK and India

  Toke, D. & Raghavan, S., 2010, In: International Journal of Green Economics. 4, 3, p. 313-326 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Ecological Modernization 100%
  • Organic Food 84%
  • Bureaucracy 70%
  • Certification 60%
  • Modernity 47%
  4 Citations (Scopus)
• 2009

  Assessing national patterns of wind ownership

  Strachan, P. A., Toke, D. & Lal, D., 8 Sept 2009, Wind Power and Power Politics: International Perspectives. Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 1-17 17 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • renewable energy 100%
  • energy source 74%
  • energy 42%
  • climate change 26%
  • sustainable development 26%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Assessing the performance of the UK renewables obligation: Cinderella or an ugly sister?

  Otitoju, A., Strachan, P. A. & Toke, D., 8 Sept 2009, Wind Power and Power Politics: International Perspectives. Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 140-167 28 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • renewable energy 100%
  • obligation 75%
  • energy production 60%
  • performance 43%
  • climate change 40%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Wind power and power politics: International perspectives

  Strachan, P. A., Toke, D. & Lal, D., 8 Sept 2009, Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 212 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

  • power politics 100%
  • Social Environment 10%
  • social support 9%
  • planning 6%
  8 Citations (Scopus)

• Policy Networks and the Distinction between Insider and Outsider Groups: The Case of the Countryside Alliance

  Marsh, D., Toke, D., Belfrage, C., Tepe, D. & McGough, S., Sept 2009, In: Public Administration. 87, 3, p. 621-638 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • interest group 100%
  • Group 46%
  • literature 43%
  • grant 42%
  • society 35%
  22 Citations (Scopus)

• EU renewable energy support policy: faith or facts?

  Jacobsson, S., Bergek, A., Finon, D., Lauber, V., Mitchell, C., Toke, D. & Verbruggen, A., Jun 2009, In: Energy Policy. 37, 6, p. 2143-2146 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • alternative energy 100%
  • Renewable energy resources 86%
  • renewable energy source 83%
  • policy 65%
  • equity 40%
  161 Citations (Scopus)
• 2008

  Trading schemes, risks, and costs: the cases of the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme and the Renewables Obligation

  Toke, D., Oct 2008, In: Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy. 26, 5, p. 938-953 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • emissions trading scheme 100%
  • emissions trading 97%
  • European Union 67%
  • Market trading 58%
  • obligation 56%
  18 Citations (Scopus)

• The EU Renewables Directive - What is the fuss about trading?

  Toke, D., Aug 2008, In: Energy Policy. 36, 8, p. 3001-3008 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • directive 100%
  • electricity 87%
  • Electricity 73%
  • alternative energy 61%
  • electricity company 56%
  58 Citations (Scopus)

• Wind power deployment outcomes: How can we account for the differences?

  Toke, D., Breukers, S. & Wolsink, M., May 2008, In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 12, 4, p. 1129–1147 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Wind power 100%
  • Planning 42%
  331 Citations (Scopus)

• Do liberalised electricity markets help or hinder CHP and district heating? The case of the UK

  Toke, D. & Fragaki, K., Apr 2008, In: Energy Policy. 36, 4, p. 1448-1456 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • combined heat and power 100%
  • district heating 92%
  • District heating 82%
  • Power markets 72%
  • electricity 60%
  50 Citations (Scopus)
• 2007

  Comparing Market-Based Renewable Energy Regimes: The Cases of the UK and Japan

  Toke, D. & Oshima, K., Aug 2007, In: International Journal of Green Energy. 4, 4, p. 409-425 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Renewable energy resources 100%
  • Electricity 45%
  17 Citations (Scopus)

• Anglo-Saxon and German approaches to neo-liberalism and environmental policy: the case of financing renewable energy

  Toke, D. & Lauber, V., Jul 2007, In: Geoforum. 38, 4, p. 677-687 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • renewable energy 100%
  • environmental policy 92%
  • neoliberalism 89%
  • market power 31%
  • trading system 30%
  90 Citations (Scopus)

• Risk, genetically modified food and the US/EU divide

  Toke, D., 6 Apr 2007, In: International Journal of Green Economics. 1, 3/4, p. 407-418 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Genetically Modified Food 100%
  • Risk Society 38%
  • Genetically Modified Crops 36%
  • EU Policy 34%
  • United States of America 29%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Demand reduction in the UK - with a focus on the non-domestic sector

  Toke, D. & Taylor, S., Apr 2007, In: Energy Policy. 35, 4, p. 2131-2140 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • demand 100%
  • energy demand 41%
  • Carbon 38%
  • energy 37%
  • electricity 33%
  14 Citations (Scopus)

• Renewable financial support systems and cost-effectiveness

  Toke, D., 2007, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 15, 3, p. 280-287 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Cost-effectiveness 100%
  • Cost effectiveness 74%
  • Financial Support 74%
  • Renewable Energy 70%
  • alternative energy 65%
  57 Citations (Scopus)
• 2006

  Crossing the great divide - Using multi-method analysis to understand opposition to windfarms

  Toke, D. & Haggett, C., 2006, In: Public Administration. 84, 1, p. 103-120 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • opposition 100%
  • wind energy 87%
  • regression 80%
  • planning 75%
  • discourse 68%
  70 Citations (Scopus)

• Wind Power and Ecological Modernisation

  Toke, D. & Strachan, P., 2006, In: European Environment. 16, 3, p. 155-166 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • ecological modernization 100%
  • wind power 73%
  • modernization 54%
  • modernization theory 17%
  • purchase 11%
  25 Citations (Scopus)
• 2005

  Are green electricity certificates the way forward for renewable energy? An evaluation of the UK’s Renewables Obligation in the context of international comparisons

  Toke, D., 2005, In: Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy. 23, 3, p. 361-375 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • international comparison 100%
  • renewable energy 75%
  • electricity 70%
  • alternative energy 65%
  • certification 59%
  55 Citations (Scopus)

• Community Wind Power in Europe and in the UK

  Toke, D., 2005, In: Wind Engineering. 29, 3, p. 301-308 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • wind power 100%
  • Europe 59%
  • farmers knowledge 36%
  • nongovernmental organization 24%
  • grass 18%
  42 Citations (Scopus)