Replication Data for: Contestations of the Liberal International Order

Replication files for the paper "Contestations of the Liberal International Order" The 1990s saw a systemic shift from the liberal post-World War II international order of liberal multilateralism (LIO I) to a post-Cold War international order of postnational liberalism (LIO II). LIO II has not only been rule-based but has openly pursued a liberal social purpose with a sig-nificant amount of authority beyond the nation-state. While postnational liberal institutions helped increase overall well-being globally, they were criticized for using double standards and institutionalizing state inequality. We argue that these institutional features of postnational LIO II led to legitimation problems, which explain both the current wave of contestations and the strategy chosen by different contestants. We develop our argument by, first, mapping the growing liberal intrusiveness of international institutions. Second, we demonstrate the in-creased level and variety of contestations in the areas of international security and internation-al refugee law. We show that increased liberal intrusiveness has led to a variety of contesta-tion strategies, the choice of which is affected by the preference of a contestant for postna-tional liberalism and its power within the contested institution.