Replication data for: How closing civil society space affects NGO-Government interactions

A crackdown on the activities of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) has recently swept the globe. When faced with increased restrictions, how do NGOs respond? We argue that there is a curvilinear relationship between increases in NGO repression and the conflict-to-cooperative nature of NGO interactions with a government. On one end of the spectrum, when civil society repression is limited or nonexistent, NGOs have many reasons to be cooperative with the government. As NGO repression increases, we should see NGOs take more of a conflictual stance, publicly voicing their displeasure and bringing attention to the abuses and deficiencies they see with the regime. As NGO repression continues to increase, however, we argue that there will be a tipping point where the NGOs that remain in the country will once again take a more cooperative tack with the government. We use a quantitative event data approach to examine the implications of our arguments.