期刊名称：Economic and Social Changes: Facts, Trends, Forecast
印刷版ISSN：2307-0331
电子版ISSN：2312-9824
出版年度：2016
期号：4
页码：57-71
出版社：ISEDT RAS
摘要：The author considers the issue regarding modernization change in the set of economic, socialand cultural transformations. The paper looks into the essence of modernization, its importance to manand society, and the problems of its implementation in Russia and regions. In the framework of variousmodernization doctrines quite a few theoretical-methodological concepts were designed to explainpossible aspects of social development. The purpose of this study is to assess the degree of coherenceamong the economic, social, and cognitive components of the modernization process in the macroregionof the Russian Federation. The study has the following tasks: to review the data on evolutionaryprocesses of modernization, obtained by the author in the framework of the program “Problemsof sociocultural evolution of Russia and its regions” (supervisor – RAS Corresponding MemberN.I. Lapin); to consider methods for measuring modernization and analyzing its components; to assessthe consistency of these components in regions of the Northwestern Federal District (NWFD) in2000–2012. A study of quantitative estimation of integrated modernization as the relative gap between the level of modernization in different areas and the high global standard has shown the unevenness of its development in constituent entities of the Russian Federation. The study has revealed positive dynamics of growth of the integrated index of modernization and its balance, which is undoubtedly a positive aspect. Due to a different level and different opportunities for development, regions will need different time to implement each stage of modernization. Apparently, it is expedient to carry out a moderately balanced development of all territories. The emergence of the information economy, based on knowledge and new industrialization makes it necessary to promote productivity growth in respective industries, to increase the proportion of people engaged in intellectual work and, most importantly, to increase the contribution of knowledge and innovation in economic growth. To fulfill this challenging task, it is necessary to pursue a science-based modernization policy, to form and adjust the strategy for its implementation timely.
