Basic approaches to explaining the problem of social and economic development in social sciences

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Affiliation: Laboratory of Social Development Research Institute of Social Analysis and Forecasting Russian Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation
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Journal name

Obshchestvennye nauki i sovremennost

Edition

Issue 3

Pages

138-152

Abstract

The article critically examines the main theoretical approaches developed in social sciences. It contemplates on the problem of the uneven socio-economic development of different societies. Three most influential theoretical and methodological approaches to the problem of uneven socio-economic development are singled out: institutional, structural, sociocultural. The advantages and limitations associated with the use of these approaches to the causes and mechanisms affecting the processes and dynamics of social and economic development are shown. The successful progress in further study of socio-economic development depends on the ability to create a conceptual approach which will explain the interrelations between institutional, structural and cultural parameters, on the one hand, and contingent variables, on the other.

Keywords

social development, public institutes, factors of developments

Received

10.06.2018

Publication date

10.06.2018

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826

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GOST	Vladimir T. Basic approaches to explaining the problem of social and economic development in social sciences // Obshchestvennye nauki i sovremennost – 2018. – Issue 3 C. 138-152 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://ons-journal.ru/S086904990011388-8-1 (circulation date: 19.04.2024). DOI: 10.7868/S0869049918030103
MLA	Vladimir, Titov "Basic approaches to explaining the problem of social and economic development in social sciences." Obshchestvennye nauki i sovremennost 3 (2018):138-152. DOI: 10.7868/S0869049918030103
APA	Vladimir T. (2018). Basic approaches to explaining the problem of social and economic development in social sciences. Obshchestvennye nauki i sovremennost (3), pp.138-152 DOI: 10.7868/S0869049918030103

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