Use of information and communication technologies in democratic processes

Uso de las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación en los procesos democráticos

• Nina Rohatynska Western Ukrainian National University, Ternopil, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0617-6114
• Oleh Butkov Luhansk State University of Internal Affairs named after E.O. Didorenko, IvanoFrankivsk, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8878-2438
• Olena Butkova Luhansk State University of Internal Affairs named after E.O. Didorenko, IvanoFrankivsk, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0941-1004
• Maryna Burdonosova Law State University of Infrastructure and Technologies, Kyiv, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1050-6892
• Tetiana Sukhorebra State University of Trade and Economics, Vinnytsia, Ukraine.  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2918-4574

DOI: https://doi.org/10.46398/cuestpol.4075.13

Keywords: information and communication technologies, e-democracy, e-government, public administration, environmental impact assessment

Abstract

The article reveals the essence of information and communication technologies, gives scientific positions on the definition of the mentioned concept and examines the place of information and communication technologies in modern democratic processes. It was determined that modern information and communication technologies are the basis for the functioning of e-government and e-voting and other forms of e-democracy. The influence of information and communication technologies on the effectiveness of state policy is revealed, attention is focused on the importance of effective cooperation between authorities and civil society thanks to state-of-the-art electronic resources and the Internet. In addition, the possibilities of direct participation of citizens in the management of state and non-state structures are identified. In the conclusions, the factors that hinder (make impossible) the implementation of information and communication technologies in the sphere of public administration or make it impossible at all are pointed out, on the basis of which the prospects of realizing the potential for modernization in a modern democratic society based on the principles of openness and feedback are analyzed.

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