Digital participatory technologies in the activities of legislative bodies of innovative regions of Russia

Abstract

The article represents the results of a study of digital technologies of the legislative bodies of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, aimed at joint decisionmaking with the participation of citizens. A new focus of attention is the consideration of the compliance of the development of information and communication technologies of legislative bodies with the level of independence and activity of society in different regions, while the cuttent study is dedicated to the most innovative regions of Russia. This choice is motivated by the fact that the independence and activity of citizens, that is characteristic for innovative territories, creates favorable conditions for the development of co-management technologies. The authors analyse the practice of participatory digital interaction of 17 Russian regions included in the groups of strong and medium-strong innovators. The sudy is based on the analysis of the official documents, relevant sections of official websites, messages on social networks, and news reports for the period 2010–2020. This allowed to determine the major forms of electronic participation of citizens in the activities of the legislative bodies of innovative subjects of the Russia. The results are correlated with the social characteristics of regions and compared with the experience of other countries.