Legal Regulation of the Digital Transformation of Local Self-Government in the BRICS Countries
https://doi.org/10.21684/2412-2343-2024-11-2-113-133
Abstract
This article presents an analysis of strategies used for the legal regulation of digital transformation processes at the municipal level in the BRICS countries. A systematic analysis of modern trends in the legal regulation of digital transformation in Brazil, South Africa, India and China was carried out, and the features and general directions of this process were highlighted. The authors noted a variety of different approaches to normalizing digital processes in management, ranging from fixing basic principles at the constitutional level to developing “flexible” regulation constitutionally mandated through by-laws and state political and legal documents. It is shown that the digitalization of public administration is primarily focused on the level of national government, since financial resources are specifically concentrated at the highest level of governance. It is concluded that the specificity of local government, manifested in a high degree of self-government and participation of the population in solving life support issues, objectively requires a shift in the emphasis of digitalization to the local level of government. It has been proven that this process requires strategic state planning on the part of the state for the digitalization of local self-government, taking into account the elimination of the “digital divide” in municipalities. The authors propose the implementation and development of the “smart city” concept in the BRICS countries with a differentiated scale of digitalization criteria for the various municipalities.
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Supporting agencies: The authors are grateful to the Russian Science Foundation for providing financial support for scientific research No. 23-28-01252 titled “Transformation of the Institute of Local Self-Government in the Russian Federation in the Context of the Development of Modern Digital Technologies: Legal Aspects” within the framework of which this article was prepared; https://rscf.ru/project/23-28-01252/. The research was carried out on the basis of the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education “State University of Management.”
About the Authors
M. Lipchanskaya
Russian State University of Justice
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Maria Lipchanskaya – Professor, Department of Constitutional Law named after N.V. Vitruk, Russian State University of Justice.
69 Novocheremushkinskaia St., Moscow, 117418
S. Channov
Saratov State Law Academy
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Sergey Channov – Head, Department of Information Law and Digital Technologies, Saratov State Law Academy.
104, Bldg. 3 N.G. Chernyshevskii St., Saratov, 410056
A. Churikova
Saratov State Law Academy
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Anna Churikova – Associate Professor, Department of Information Law and Digital Technologies, Saratov State Law Academy.
104, Bldg. 3 N.G. Chernyshevskii St., Saratov, 410056
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Lipchanskaya M., Channov S., Churikova A. Legal Regulation of the Digital Transformation of Local Self-Government in the BRICS Countries. BRICS Law Journal. 2024;11(2):113-133. https://doi.org/10.21684/2412-2343-2024-11-2-113-133
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