The Institutional Logic and Implementation Pathways of Rural Living Environment Governance:An Example of Rural Domestic Waste Sorting Pilots
Taking four villages in Babu District,Hezhou City,Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region as cases,this paper analyzes the implementation effectiveness and variations of rural domestic waste sorting pilots,and discusses the institutional logic of collective action in the rural living environment governance through a comparative multi-case study using a nested institutional analysis framework The findings reveal that the institutional system is composed of configurations of different levels of rules.Among them,the variations between the interaction and completeness of the institutional system determine their operational effectiveness,with high completeness and robust interaction being critical for the stable operation of the system and the successful realization of collective action in rural living environment governance.Furthermore,the paper proposes three pathways to achieve institutional facilitation of collective action in rural living environment governance:(1)a"vertical leap"pathway that enhances institutional system completeness through increased interaction,(2)a"horizontal advancement"pathway that promotes interaction through improved completeness,and(3)a"cross-dimensional"pathway where completeness and interaction mutually reinforce each other.This paper provides generalized theoretical support for rural living environment governance in China.