Тhe effectiveness of political management in the context of the introduction of “e-government”

Abstract

The article is devoted to the influence of “e-government” on the effectiveness of political management. At the same time, by “electronic government” is meant the informatization of the activities of public authorities and local government, as well as the interaction of these bodies with society through electronic technologies. This article is an attempt to comprehend the mechanisms of influence of information and communication technologies on the political and administrative efficiency in the context of significant transformative potential of these technologies in politics. The presented study is based on a neoinstitutional methodology and comparative analysis that has made it possible to identify the institutional significance and links of “e-government”, the impact of existing formal and informal norms and rules for the implementation of e-government on the effectiveness of political governance, to assess the impact of the process of informatization of the state apparatus on quality of the functioning of government institutions. The problem of the effectiveness of political management is considered in the article from the point of view of achieving the objectives of subjects of management activity – political elites. Due to the fact that the main objectives of the subjects of political governance are, on the one hand, access to government resources and retention of power (overbearing aspect), on the other hand, the achievement of certain performance society development (social, economic and others indicator; administrative aspect), the influence of “e-government” on the effectiveness of political management is proposed to be assessed from the perspective of contributing to the achievement of these goals. The main conclusion of the study is that the impact of “e-government” on the effectiveness of political governance is complex and depends on the forms and directions of its implementation, as well as the quality of existing political institutions.