E-Participation in Russia: a New State and Society Interaction Tool or Electronic Potemkin Village?

Authors

  • Anna Askoldovna VOLOSHINSKAYA the Institute of Applied Economic Research of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Keywords:

e-democracy, e-engagement, e-consulting, online petitions, online voting, Russian Public Initiative.

Abstract

Online resources for e-engagement – online votes, discussion of proposed laws, electronic applications and petitions – gain momentum in Russia.  So the reasonable question arises: how efficient are they? The author analyses resources existing in Russia in terms of their impact on national decision-making. The conclusion is made that democratization is actually in progress, but the range of citizens’ influence on authorities’ decision-making is extremely limited.

About author

Anna Askoldovna VOLOSHINSKAYA

the Institute of Applied Economic Research of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Senior Research Fellow of the Knowledge-Driven Economy Laboratory, the Institute of Applied Economic Research of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

журнал «Информационное общество», №1 за 2016 г.

Published

19.02.2020

How to Cite

VOLOSHINSKAYA, A. A. . (2020). E-Participation in Russia: a New State and Society Interaction Tool or Electronic Potemkin Village?. Information Society, (1), 40-47. Retrieved from http://infosoc.iis.ru/article/view/299

Issue

No. 1 (2016): Is the interaction between the state and citizens through electronic participation effective?

Section

Information society and public administration