ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts discussed in the preceeding chapters of the book. The book focuses on the institutional changes in the genetic resources regime complex. It explores the theory that intentionally neglects the domestic sources of foreign policy in order to achieve greater parsimony. The book explains both club cooperation and institutional layering as distinct types of institutional change in regime complexes. It presents case studies regarding pre-existing disclosure regimes in several European Union (EU) member states and Switzerland, which would have limited the legislative and regulatory changes necessary for complying with an international obligation to require disclosure of origin. The EU's bargaining behavior is thus the result of complex, internal coordination processes among member states and the supranational institutions. Situation structure also promises to account for within-case variation. Constraints from situation structure may pertain to some elements of a regime yet not to others.
