Replication Data for: The Structure and Evolution of the International Human Rights Network: Unpacking the Influences of Countries’ Contextual Factors and Network Configurations

Guided by the multi-theoretical, multilevel (MTML) framework, this study draws from the World Polity Theory and World System Theory to examine factors shaping the structure and evolution of an international human rights network which included INGOs, IGOs and countries as key players. Using a longitudinal research design and network modeling, this study collected data from 197 countries and revealed a consistent increase of their participation in the networks over a period of ten years and also the tendency to stabilize. Nonetheless, structural inequality has persisted over time, which was reinforced by endogenous network configurations such as centrality and transitivity at the country level. Exogenous variables such as a country’s economic development, press freedom, and human rights performance-based reputation all contributed to the evolution of this international alliance network. Theoretical and practical implications on how communication and collaboration between countries may play a role in influencing a country’s human right performance are discussed. (152 words)

本研究以多理论多水平（Multi-Theoretical, Multilevel, MTML）框架为指导，依托世界政体理论（World Polity Theory）与世界体系理论（World System Theory），探究以国际非政府组织（International Non-Governmental Organizations, INGOs）、政府间国际组织（Intergovernmental Organizations, IGOs）及国家为核心主体的国际人权网络的结构与演化影响因素。本研究采用纵向研究设计与网络建模方法，收集了197个国家的相关数据，研究发现十年间各国在该网络中的参与度持续提升，并呈现出趋于稳定的态势。尽管如此，结构性不平等始终存在，且因国家层面的网络内生结构特征（如中心性、传递性）而进一步强化。诸如一国经济发展水平、新闻自由程度以及基于人权表现的声誉等外生变量，均对该国际联盟网络的演化起到了推动作用。本研究还探讨了国家间沟通与协作如何影响一国人权表现的理论与实践启示。