Replication Data for: The domestic sources of sub-state foreign policymaking: Determinants of subnational development cooperation across European regions

Subnational governments have come to challenge the foreign policymaking monopoly of national governments. An increasingly salient area of sub-state foreign policymaking is international development cooperation, but systematic knowledge about the drivers of such activities is limited. Building on a growing body of related literature, we argue that subnational governments develop capacities for international development cooperation to advance territorial-based claims domestically. By enhancing their international reputation and fostering a regional identity, subnational governments can bolster territorial-based claims, which can take institutional, political, and cultural representations. To test this argument, we construct a new dataset of 195 politically relevant European regions which maps the autonomous engagement of regions in international development cooperation. Large-N regression analysis establishes that regions are significantly more likely to be engaged in international development cooperation where they have greater existing constitutional autonomy, cultural-linguistic distinctiveness, and a regionally-based party to advance the regional agenda. These results have important implications for our understanding of sub-state foreign policy actors and their role in the global governance of development.

地方政府已逐步打破了国家级政府对外政策制定的垄断格局。次国家层面的对外政策制定中，国际发展合作是一个日益凸显的领域，但针对此类活动驱动因素的系统性认知仍较为匮乏。依托日益丰富的相关研究文献，本文提出：地方政府发展国际发展合作相关能力，旨在国内推进基于属地的政策主张。通过提升自身国际声誉、塑造区域身份认同，地方政府能够强化其属地主张，此类主张可体现为制度、政治与文化层面的具象表达。为验证上述论点，本文构建了包含195个具有政治相关性的欧洲区域的全新数据集，该数据集记录了各区域自主参与国际发展合作的相关情况。大样本回归分析结果显示，在现有宪法自治权更高、文化-语言辨识度更强，且拥有推动区域议程的区域性政党的区域，其参与国际发展合作的概率显著更高。上述研究结果对于我们认知次国家层面的对外政策行为体，以及其在全球发展治理中发挥的作用具有重要启示意义。