Dyakova Elena
E-GOVERNMENT TRANSITION IN INTERNATIONAL INDEXES AND NATIONAL PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION CULTURE (USA, PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND RUSSIAN FEDERATION)
The paper shows that international e-government development rankings do not take into account political regime and specific features of national administrative culture that define a set of core objectives of e-government transition. Global e-government discourse is used pragmatically for solving local problems, and the same terms have different meanings. This thesis is justified based on comparative analysis of e-government transition in USA, Peoples Republic of China and Russian Federation. Information technology implementation to US public administration was hold under the slogan of citizen’s empowerment, and was bossed on the experience gained in e-commerce. Chinese e-government is formed for improving the efficacy of local authorities by tightening central control, and is designed to support economic growth. Russian approach to e-government transition is contradictory, and it includes a lot of equally important goals. This is typical for domestic administrative culture.
Keywords: E-government, e-government development index, global discourse, public administration culture.