Why do some local governments respond actively to the initiatives of national Non-Governmental Organizations?
研究了地方政府对国家非政府组织倡议的积极回应，通过分析31个省份的数据，发现三种路径和制度压力类型影响回应行为。
The active response of local governments is crucial for the implementation of national policies. Studies of local government response mainly concentrate on policies issued by the central government, with little attention paid to initiatives from national Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). We constructed an integrated analytical framework that incorporates institutional pressure and local characteristics. Fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis was then conducted using data from 31 Chinese provinces. The results show that a positive response from local governments can be achieved along three paths, and that the conditions for local governments to respond actively depend on the type of institutional pressure.