Transforming the Interaction Between Authorities and Civil Society in Digital: The Evidence from the Yaroslavl Region

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The development of information and communication technologies contributes to the creation and active use of various digital services and platforms in the public sphere of interaction between government and society. However, the conditions of their interaction in the digital space, especially at the regional level, have not been sufficiently studied and require close attention. In this regard, the article analyzes the processes of digitalization of electoral procedures, institutions of public chambers and public councils, the activities of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and volunteerism as forms of interaction between government and society. Empirical data were collected in a number of studies: analysis of the activities of resource centers for supporting NGOs and civil activists; analysis of the activity of public chambers on the Internet; identification of state regulation of the digitalization process of key forms of public activity; surveys of employees of public authorities of the Yaroslavl region; surveys of managers and employees of non-profit organizations of the Yaroslavl region.

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Alexander V. Sokolov

P.G. Demidov Yaroslavl State University

Author for correspondence.
Email: alex8119@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7325-8374

Doctor of Political Sciences, Docent, Head of Socio-Political Theories Department

Yaroslavl, Russian Federation

Elena A. Isaeva

P.G. Demidov Yaroslavl State University

Email: elenia2000@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7001-6161

Candidate of Law, Docent, Associate Professor of the Department of Social and Family Legislation

Yaroslavl, Russian Federation

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