مجلة قبس للدراسات الإنسانية والاجتماعية
Volume 9, Numéro 2, Pages 1911-1928
2025-12-16

Leveraging State Capacity: Addressing The Multifaceted Challenges Of The Digital Revolution

Authors : Hadjab Abdelghani . A Mohamed Tahar .

Abstract

This article explores the critical role of state capacity in addressing the multifaceted challenges of the digital revolution. While digital transformation offers significant economic and social opportunities, it simultaneously presents profound risks, including the digital divide, data privacy breaches, job displacement due to automation, and cybersecurity threats. The study argues that effective governance in the digital age hinges on a government's ability to leverage and enhance its administrative, technological, fiscal, human, and cognitive capacities. Through a mixed-methods approach—incorporating a literature review, case studies of nations like Estonia, Singapore, and South Korea, and quantitative data analysis—the research investigates strategies for bolstering state capacity. The article concludes that success requires a proactive, multi-faceted strategy involving investment in digital literacy and infrastructure, robust regulatory frameworks, public-private partnerships, and international cooperation to ensure technology serves the public interest and promotes inclusive well-being.

Keywords

State Capacity ; Digital Revolution ; Digital Divide ; Cybersecurity ; Innovation ; Public Policy