Overview

This book provides an in-depth understanding of how the highly strategic BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) countries are planning and implementing their digital transformation processes. It focuses particularly on two essential, yet often neglected, aspects of digital transformation: the expansion of connectivity and the digitalization of public services. Throughout its chapters, this book maps the policies, regulations, governance mechanisms, and initiatives adopted by the BRICS to achieve the ambitious goal of becoming “smart” countries. In these nations, the functioning of the economy, society, and democratic governance is supported and enhanced by technology, leading to significant evolution. Adopting a critical approach, this volume acknowledges that digital transformation processes are not exempt from criticism, despite offering unique opportunities for developing countries to become global leaders. In addition to mapping the digital transformation processes of the BRICS countries, this book provides valuable insights into their approaches, highlighting both limitations and notable success stories. These insights are beneficial for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners alike. This volume is the result of an exceptional collaboration between CTS-FGV, the Center for Technology and Society at Fundação Getulio Vargas Law School, Rio de Janeiro, and UNU-EGOV, the United Nations University Operating Unit on Policy-Driven Electronic Governance.

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Author:   Luca Belli ,  Larissa Galdino de Magalhães Santos
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:  

9783031982033

ISBN 10:   3031982037
Pages:   434
Publication Date:   06 January 2026
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

1. Untangling Digital Transformations in the BRICS Countries (Luca Belli and Larissa Magalhães).- 2. Brazil’s Over-Centralised Governance of Digital Transformation (Larissa Galdino de Magalhães Santos).- 3. Brazil: An Overview of the Telecoms and Internet Access Sector (Larissa Galdino de Magalhães Santos).- 4. Brazil: An Analysis of the Digitalisation of Public Services (Larissa Galdino de Magalhães Santos).- 5. Existing trends towards the nationalisation of public service digitization in Russia (Dr. Andrey A. Shcherbovich).- 6. Russia: An Overview of the Telecoms and Internet Access Sector (Anna Orlova and Dr. Andrey A. Schcherbovich).- 7. Russia: An Analysis of the Digitalisation of Public Services (Anna Orlova and Dr. Andrey Schcherbovich).- 8. Understanding state-level variations in India’s digital transformation (Smriti Parsheera).- 9. India: An Overview of the Telecoms and Internet Access Sector (Smriti Parsheera).- 10. India: An Analysis of the Digitalisation of Public Services (Smriti Parsheera).- 11. The Chinese-Style Modernisation Imperative?: Data-Empowered State Capitalism as Social Governmentality (Wayne Wei Wang).- 12. China: An Overview of the Telecoms and Internet Access Sector (Ikeng Lin).- 13. China: An Analysis of the Digitalisation of Public Services (Wayne Wei Wang).- 14. Digital transformation reality check: addressing the Internet usage gap in South Africa (Senka Hadzic).- 15. South Africa: An Overview of the Telecoms and Internet Access Sector (Senka Hadzic).- 16. South Africa: An Analysis of the Digitalisation of Public Services (Senka Hadzic).- 17. Convergence and Divergence in BRICS Digital Transformations: Towards Sustainability and Sovereignty (Luca Belli and Larissa Magalhães).

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Luca Belli, Ph.D., holds a doctorate in public law from the Université Panthéon-Assas, Paris 2. He is a Professor at FGV Direito Rio, where he coordinates the FGV Center for Technology and Society (www.cts.fgv.br) and the CyberBRICS project (www.cyberbrics.info). Luca is a member of the Board of the Alliance for Affordable Internet, Editor of the International Data Privacy Law Journal of Oxford University Press, and Director of the conference CPDP LatAm, Computers Privacy and Data Protection Latin America (www.cpdp.lat). He is the author of more than 50 publications on Internet regulation and digital policy. Larissa Galdino de Magalhães Santos, Ph.D., holds a doctorate in Political Science from Unicamp. She is an associate researcher at the United Nations University, Electronic Governance Unit (UNU-EGOV), and a Researcher at the Center for Technology and Society at FGV and CyberBRICS, Law School at Fundação Getúlio Vargas. Her research focuses on government technology and innovation, with a special emphasis on open data, smart cities, and digital transformation strategies. Larissa is the Co-chair of the Open Data Charter Implementation Group and a Professional Fellow at Fundação Getúlio Vargas Europe.

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