Mapping Local Government-Nongovernmental Organization Interactions: A Conceptual Framework
本文构建了一个概念框架，用于比较分析地方政府与非政府组织之间的互动，考察了双方的五种社会功能及互动可能产生的结果，并提出了研究假设和比较研究建议。
As nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) grow in numbers and importance around the globe and local governments gain capacity through decentralization processes, there is increased opportunity for the two sectors to interact with each other. Here we develop a conceptual framework for comparative analyses of local government-NGO interactions. Five potential social functions of local governments and NGOs and the possible outcomes produced by interactions of the two sectors are examined. Research hypotheses based on the framework are developed and suggestions given for carrying out comparative studies exploring thehypotheses.