MODIFICATION OF STATE STRUCTURES AND THEIR FUNCTIONS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DIGITALIZATION PROCESSES

The problem of examination of changes, occurring in state structures, including their functions, in connection with the phenomena and processes of digitalization, is sequentially solved in this article. The study was conducted through the lens of political analysis. The author concludes that digitalization has forced scientists and practitioners to reconsider the concept of state sovereignty, to clarify the activity areas of state structures on the Web. The basic goal of digitalization in this case is the formation of a digital state. The article emphasizes that digitalization, on the one hand, has a positive impact on the activities of state structures (for example, providing more affordable, fast and high-quality public services). However, on the other hand, the same availability of public services is limited by the spread of the Web, the ability to use the latter, which has become a problem, for example, for the elderly people who do not have the respective skills. It is important to remember about other risks (personal data breach, hacker attacks on government websites, etc.). At the same time, digitalization increasingly covers the functioning of the state and should lead to the formation of a digital state in the future. But the topic about what exactly is a part of the digital state does not currently have a clear answer. The purpose of such a state is the formation of fundamentally new methods, approaches that could be used by citizens and legal entities for effective interaction with the state structures.

Internet, network society, digitalization, digital state, digital information and communication technologies