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Article name Resilience indicators of Kuzbass in the context of the 2020 pandemic (based on expert interviews)
Authors .. ,
Goosen E.. ,
Nikitenko S.. ,
Matveeva E.. ,
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Category Politology
DOI 32.019.52
DOI 10.21209/2227-9245-2020-26-7-86-96
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Annotation The article aims to determine the main indicators of the socio-economic and political resilience of a region during the global crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic to a first approximation. The study considers the case of Kemerovo Region – Kuzbass, a division of the Siberian Federal District. The object of the research was to study the phenomenon of resilience in the regional political process; the subject matter is the identification of indicators of social, economic and political resilience of Kemerovo Region – Kuzbass under the COVID-19 pandemic conditions. These resilience indicators have an impact not only on the stability of the region as a constituent entity of the Russian Federation, but also affect the public sentiment, which are not always positive. The main subject of the research and at the same time the source of information were the opinions of experts – political and social scientists, economists representing different areas of professional activity – business community, the media, the higher education system and non-profit organizations. In this study, the main research method was expert interviews. Moreover, an interdisciplinary approach applied was based on the synthesis of D. Chandler’s political resilience and the social concept of alternative forms of resilience (M. Kousis, M. Paschou, M. Giovannini), as well as the model of economic resilience by R. Martin and R. Sunley. The authors note that the concept of resilience, despite its active use in foreign science, has not yet received due attention in the study of internal political processes including the problems of regional development in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. The article suggests the authors’ interpretation of the resilience concept and identifies four main indicators of resilience – economic, social, political and psychological ones. The study has found that representatives of medium and large business and the media are the respondents most satisfied with the current state of the region’s sustainability. Representatives of non-profit organizations and higher education system do not see any sustainability under the current conditions. It is concluded that further prospects for strengthening the stability of Kuzbass should be associated with the departure from the single-industry economy focused exclusively on the coal mining, and the development of civil society institutions
Key words resilience; indicators of regional resilience; regional policy and economy; socio-economic and political development; regional and municipal authorities; civil society institutions; global crisis and region; Kemerovo region – Kuzbass
Article information Matveeva Е., Goosen Е., Nikitenko S., Mitin А. Resilience indicators of Kuzbass in the context of the 2020 pandemic (based on expert interviews) // Transbaikal State University Journal, 2020, vol. 26, no. 7, pp. 86–96. DOI: 10.21209/2227-9245-2020-26-7-86-96.
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