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Sanctions and Social Pressure in International and Regional Anti-Corruption Regimes: A Comparative Analysis

Sanctions are measures that are used by international or regional organizations against the countries breaching membership principles. As the economic, material or legal sanctions have limited impact to redress breaches of membership principles, social sanctions based on shaming, persuasion and peer pressure have gained more relevance. The recommendations which are put forward by the evaluation teams of the international or regional organizations might push countries into reforms once they are exposed to the social pressure of peers and the public and aim to gain or maximize status, prestige or to avoid a loss of status. The institutional structure of monitoring mechanisms and evaluation teams of the international or regional organizations might have properties that lead to variation in the social pressure. Once the monitoring and peer reviews are applied in a transparent, consistent impartial way and based on reciprocal interactions with the target government, the legitimacy of international demands and criticism increases and thereby the social pressure becomes more