Replication Data for: The Choice Between Intergovernmentalism and Nongovernmentalism: Projecting Domestic Preferences to Global Governance

This study seeks to explain when governments are more likely to take an intergovernmental approach to resolving global collective problems rather than step back and encourage (or simply allow) nongovernmental actors to become the main “global governors.” We suggest that among the most important factors driving this choice are the domestic ideological leanings of powerful states towards greater or lesser government activism. Such ideologies connect domestic preferences to international ones. They also lead to the establishment of domestic institutions that, in turn, facilitate the emergence of international organizations. Our arguments lead us to develop a set of inferences regarding the likelihood that governments 1) establish and 2) join intergovernmental organizations. We test our hypotheses through a study of global governance in the education realm as well as through a series of statistical analyses covering developments in all issue-areas over the last century and a half. The tests offer support for our arguments.