International Institutions and Socialization of States (Case Study of FATF)

This research seeks to study the role of international institutions such as the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) in the process of socialization of governments. In order to achieve this goal, the hypothesis was taken into consideration that international institutions and organizations, including the special group, structurally act in such a way that they socialize the governments during their entry or while participating in the interactions within the institutions and organizations, and they to internalize the norms supported by international institutions and organizations and thus encourage them to change their behaviors and preferences. Therefore, by using descriptive-explanatory method and constructivist theory, the compatibility of governments with international principles and norms supported by international institutions will be analyzed.