ABSTRACT
This chapter reviews several well-developed frameworks for policy analysis in order to devise a less descriptive, more theoretically grounded approach for comparing the governance of public lands and the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Using this approach, the chapter conducts a preliminary analysis of the ecological, social, and governance settings, goods and services provided, and participants and coalitions engaged in each location. It concludes that the similarities are significant. One widely adopted rubric for policy analysis is the Institutional Analysis and Design (IAD) framework. Another widely adopted policy analysis tool is the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF), first proposed by Sabatier in 1986. The chapter discusses three additional streams of policy analysis: local public economy (LPE) studies, social construction theory, and collaborative governance. Global climate patterns and distant political events affect forests in important ways, just as watershed features and international law influence the U.S. EEZ.
