Digitalized authoritarianism and e-democracy: content and limitations of concepts

Abstract

Contemporary digital technologies make us rethink the basic concepts of authoritarianism and democracy. The article contains descriptions and conditions of existence of both digitalized authoritarianism and e-democracy, which often use common political methods (for example, e-participation). The author highlights the fragility of the democracy concept in the digital era and represents certain conditions of its emergence and effective implementation. The way of e-democracy emergence and development (via civil society platforms or from the state level) is to be the crucial one for its further sustainability and duration of implementation.

Keywords

• digitalized authoritarianism
• e-democracy
• civil society
• e-participation
• digitalization
• human rights