Chinese Local Environmental Governance Cases Analyzed with fsQCA, 2018-2022

42 cases from China's Central Environmental Protection Inspection system between 2018 and 2022. This supplementary file analyzes configurational pathways leading to substantive or symbolic environmental governance using fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis. The dataset, authored by Ning Kang and shared under a CC-BY-4.0 license, supports a study on the institutional pressure-organizational capacity framework.

Use Cases

• Analyzing causal configurations for effective policy implementation based on the institutional pressure-organizational capacity framework described.
• Studying patterns of symbolic versus substantive governance in environmental regulation as discussed in the results.
• Identifying conditions where green technology innovation and industrial restructuring lead to progress despite constraints, as mentioned in the findings.
• Comparing case-based pathways for pollution control and carbon reduction policy outcomes.

Strengths

• Analysis is based on 42 specific inspection cases from a defined 2018-2022 period.
• The dataset is the supplementary material for a peer-reviewed study employing fsQCA and NCA methodologies.
• It is openly shared under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• The dataset is a 34.2 KB DOCX file; its internal structure and column-level documentation are unknown.
• Row count and specific data fields must be inspected after download.
• The temporal coverage ends in 2022; policy context may have evolved.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Ning Kang.

Collection Method

Cases likely gathered from China's Central Environmental Protection Inspection (CEPI) system reports.

Time Range

2018 to 2022

Freshness

Last updated 2026 05 08 05:53:08.

Geography

China