Governmentality in the context of digitalization: cross-country analysis
- Authors: Kaminchenko D.I.1, Komarov I.D.1, Gorbunova M.L.2
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Affiliations:
- Lobachevsky Research and Information Agency, Institute of International Relations and World History, National Research Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod
- Institute of Economics, National Research Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod
- Issue: No 6 (2024)
- Pages: 25-40
- Section: Digitalization tendencies
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0869-0499/article/view/281351
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S0869049924060022
- EDN: https://elibrary.ru/JCADYI
- ID: 281351
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Abstract
Digitalization affects all aspects of public and personal life, changing biological and social scenarios of people’s life. This allows to talk about a new stage in the development of the information society, which affects political processes. The purpose of this study is to adapt M. Foucault’s concept of managerial mentality (governmentality) to assess the impact of digitalization on the socio-political landscape. In the future, this will allow a comprehensive assessment of the decision-making and control system in society. The applied research task is to analyze the possibilities and limitations of using digital tools in managing society. The relationship between the spread of information technologies (the number of Internet users) and public administration performance indicators was determined for the largest possible sample of states for 2008 and 2021. It is shown that the share of Internet users as the main metric of digitalization significantly correlates with indicators characterizing the managerial mentality in the public sphere. The degree of digitalization sufficient for the development, stability and security of society has been determined.
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Dmitry I. Kaminchenko
Lobachevsky Research and Information Agency, Institute of International Relations and World History, National Research Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod
Author for correspondence.
Email: dmitkam@iee.unn.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3193-3423
Russian Federation, Nizhny Novgorod
Igor D. Komarov
Lobachevsky Research and Information Agency, Institute of International Relations and World History, National Research Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod
Email: komarov@imomi.unn.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0348-0471
Russian Federation, Nizhny Novgorod
Maria L. Gorbunova
Institute of Economics, National Research Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod
Email: gorbunova@iee.unn.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2733-568X
Department of International Economics and Customs Affairs
Russian Federation, Nizhny NovgorodReferences
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