Social changes, digital instruments of public action and sociotechnical reengineering of the state

ABSTRACT

In this essay, we discuss how the adoption of algorithmic governance means a reformulation of public administration reform patterns. We base this essay on the idea that the increasing use of digital instruments in public administration means a silent and technical pattern of sociotechnical reengineering of the State. We then discuss the implications of this silent administrative reform and analyze the possibilities and challenges that sociotechnical reengineering of the State brings to public management and the institutional frameworks necessary for the constitution of public management instruments.

Keywords
administrative reform; sociotechnical reengineering; public action instruments; social change; democracy