Open AccessDigitalization and network effectiveness of public governability
Author(s) -
Леонид Сморгунов
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
političeskaâ nauka
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1998-1775
DOI - 10.31249/poln/2021.03.01
Subject(s) - pessimism , politics , corporate governance , government (linguistics) , process (computing) , cybernetics , relation (database) , productivity , emerging technologies , e governance , economic system , public sphere , sociology , political science , economics , economic growth , computer science , management , epistemology , philosophy , linguistics , database , artificial intelligence , law , operating system
Technological changes taking place under the flag of digitalization affect not only the sphere of technology itself. Digitalization is not a politically neutral process, a simple means of increasing labor productivity. It has a decisive influence on all spheres of life of modern society, creating additional conditions for their networking. The network architecture of emerging relations includes not only social and political agents, but also the technical objects themselves, which begin to perform the functions of mediators in interaction. There is a pessimistic and optimistic direction in assessing the ongoing transformations and the role of the technical component in them. Some politicians and scientists talk about a new cybernetic totalitarianism, while others believe that in modern conditions not only challenges arise, but also prospects for more meaningful and effective development are being formed. The article focuses on one important aspect of the topic related to the relation of digitalization, its inclusion in the public administration system and the emerging problems of public governability. Trends in the impact of digitalization on public governability are considered, four models of network governability efficiency are analyzed: interactive, contingent, multidimensional, socio-technical. Particular attention is paid to the problem of cooperation between government and citizens, which ensure the effectiveness of governance based on co-governance networks.