Leonid Smorgunov

• Professor
• Chair at St Petersburg University

Стимулом к размышлению о состоянии взаимодействия бизнеса с органами публичной власти явилась монография “GR-менеджмент бизнес-организаций в современной России. Комплексный анализ и прикладные технологии” (Под ред. А.А. Дегтярева, А.С. Тетерюка. М.: Прометей, 2024.). В статье отмечается созвучие содержания книги тенденции развития профессиональной...

The basis for thinking about the current state of interaction between business and public authorities is the monograph “GR-management of business organizations in modern Russia. Complex analysis and applied technologies” (Degtyarev, A.A., & Teteryuk, A.S. (Ed.). Moscow: Prometej, 2024). The paper notes the consonance of the contents of the book wit...

The article is devoted to the study of the dynamics of development of concepts that justify political choice. There is a general turn from the moral justification of political choice to ontological concepts based on the ideas of pragmatic and impartial behavior in the search for criteria for the “correct” decision, which includes the truth and the...

Japan has long been a country closed to Russia. According to some sources, acquaintance with its inhabitants began in the 17 th century, and we received the first direct information about the way of life of the Japanese from the descriptions of those who explored the Far East in the 18 th century, as well as from Russian sailors. A particularly inv...

Монография раскрывает противоречивую природу политики цифровизации. В ней представлена оригинальная концепция технополитики как выявления трансформационных способностей техники и их влияния на политические феномены. В центре политической онтологии цифровизации лежит идея способности техники обеспечивать координацию взаимодействий в политике. Особое...

The article examines the evolution of the conceptual paradigm of public administration under the influence of the response of administrative reforms to emerging crisis phenomena in the economy and society. At the end of the last decades of the last century, administrative transformations took place under the influence of the neoliberal strategy of...

В монографии представлена концепция технологической обусловленности процессов мотивированного познания с целевым формированием политических суждений, критика современных институциональных технологических матриц политического познания, ориентированных на производство догматических и спекулятивных суждений, и формирование концептуальных основ сетевых...

Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan are among the highly developed countries in the UN e-Government Development Index. With a high rate of digitalization of public administration, solving the problems of citizens' access to the Internet and developing the electronic services sector, these countries differ from each other in the design of a digitalizatio...

Research on the impact of information and communication technologies (ICTs) on the field of public communication has become a trend of the last decade. This article aims to identify the relationship between the relational qualities of digital platforms (affordances) and the processes of judgment formation during communication on urban issues. To an...

Technological changes taking place under the flag of digitalization affect not only the sphere of technology itself. Digitalization is not a politically neutral process, a simple means of increasing labor productivity. It has a decisive influence on all spheres of life of modern society, creating additional conditions for their networking. The netw...

The article presents the main results of the IX All-Russian Congress of Political Scientists, held in Moscow on December 16-18, 2021 under the auspices of the Russian Political Science Association, timed to coincide with the completion of the 65 th anniversary year since the founding of the RPSA. The largest political science event in Russia was he...

The article reveals the content of the main trends in the development of contemporary political science in connection with crisis phenomena affecting its thematic, methodological and theoretical problems, as well as its connection with real political practice. The logic of the search for new political thinking consists in a sequential transition fr...

The evolution of e-governance and the institutionalization of digital government is accompanied by contradictory trends. Expanding the technological capabilities of providing electronic public services stipulates a more convenient and effective way for citizens and governments to interact. On the other hand, the innovative nature of e-communication...

The formation of the digital government nowadays belongs to the main directions of reforming public policy and governance. In Russia, the Federal Target Program “Digital Economy” is planned to be implemented with a conjugate transition from electronic to digital government. At the heart of the formation of the digital government is the idea of the...

In public policy theory there is a problem of just procedure which could be used in obtaining a fair result in decision. Blockchain as a network of distributed registers is often positioned as an institution ensuring the fairness of decisions by voting on the basis of a consensual procedure. Consensus is achieved in the blockchain interactions thro...

The paper concerns administrative reform in the BRICS countries as a requirement of inclusive economic growth. The relationship between economic growth and equity describes the concept of inclusive development. In this respect, justice and quality of life is becoming one of its key factors and a stimulating cause of long-term economic development....

The practice of citizens’ involvement in the process of formation, monitoring and evaluation of performance of the public budget has become one of the most important forms of cooperation of citizens and government. Of particular importance is acquiring in a digital form of government where the public use of data creates a solid platform for the mod...

The practice of citizens’ involvement in the process of the formation, monitoring and evaluation of performance of the public budget has become one of the most important forms of cooperation of citizens and government. Of particular importance is acquiring a digital form of government where the public use of data creates a solid platform for the mo...

The paper concerns the participatory political institutions for inclusive development in the BRICS. The relationship between economic growth and equity describes the concept of inclusive development. The concept of equitable (inclusive) growth strategy is based on the premise of the unity of governability, competitiveness and public policy through...

World perspectives of digital governance are directed by the idea of turn from services to the value of services and co-production. This idea transforms understanding of the relations between the government, businesses, and citizens. All of that attaches importance to the monitoring of service policy and policy feedback. Recent trends in Russian ad...

The paper concerns contemporary trends and issues of transparency, participation and collaboration in governmental activities in Russia. Building an 'open government' is based on the institutionalisation of access for citizens to the sphere of governmental activities and transformation of government. Its implementation, however, has resulted in a c...

The paper concerns contemporary trends in transforming government-society relations and institutional learning through implementation of transparency in governmental activities in Russia. Building government-society relations is based on institutionalization of access for different social and business associations into sphere of governmental activi...

[There is growing awareness of the importance of images in international relations. Explore the phenomenon over three centuries relating to Russia and Japan. A general perception of one country by another – the ‘stereotypical collective mentality’ – is historic phenomenon that continues to be a fundamental to international relations at all levels.,...

The virtual world of images co-exists with perceptions in the real world where the identity of communicating subjects, though fluid, limits the boundaries of imagination. Images appear independent from their construction by the media, but those constructed by the media may take on a life of their own. This chapter explains some of the philosophical...