Sharing Economy and Transformation of Network Information Technologies

Subject/topic of the research is background and prospects for the transformation of political institutions during the development of the sharing economy and network information technologies. Object of the research is the transformation of political institutions during the development of the sharing economy and network information technologies. The aim of the paper is to analyze the concepts of social economy and the economy of shared access in the context of the transformation of political institutions at the present stage of socio-economic development. Methods. The following general scientific research methods were used in the work: method of induction, deduction, analysis and synthesis, comparison and generalization, as well as structural and graphical methods for visualizing the results obtained. Results. The paper discusses the concept of sharing economy. The four driving forces of the development of the sharing economy at the present stage are characterized. The postulates of the concept of modern sharing are revealed. Russia does not stand aloof from global trends, and the sharing economy is gradually penetrating into Russian society, becoming an effective tool for the national socio-economic development in times of crises. However, the development of domestic sharing has its own specific features that somehow affect the functioning of the sharing economy in Russia. Therefore, the authors carried out a SWOT analysis of the domestic sharing economy. It allowed identifying some opportunities, prospects, barriers, and threats to its development.