The relationship between the International Forests Regime (IFR) and Forest-Related Policies (FRPs) is a frequently addressed issue in tropical forest management, yet the lack of rigorous research has led to a number of misconceptions. This book aims to analyse this issue from a public policy perspective and test a number of theoretical approaches to explaining change in public policy. In a bid to shed light on the mechanisms that underlie variations in policy change, a new heuristic concept known as network projections is elaborated. This model reveals the IFR as a plural and fragmentary...