THEORETICAL STUDY OF REGIONAL STRATEGIES: WHETHER THEY ARE NECESSARY?

Abstract

In the article the author’s approach to the identification of the theoretical foundations of the state of regional economic policy. The importance of historical perspective that allows you to see the evolution of views on the development of the productive forces and the formation of the state as an active economic actors. An attempt is made to move away from the dichotomy «capitalism - socialism» and pay attention to such categories as chrematistics, cosmopolitan economy, the national political economy, industrial educationof the nation, peripheral capitalism. Based on the analysis the outcome of discussions on the reform of 1991- 1992. and later as the utterances of opponents and followers held in the course of those years, showing thelimitations of the theoretical foundations of reform advocates. Based on the findings of science Geopoliticsis that the objectives of the reform, at least from the Western economic advisers to the government and a number of international organizations-made: the goal - the elimination Soviet Union as a competitor in the geopolitical arena - were achieved. Spatial aspects of the reform, based on the theoretical foundations of the«new economic geography», which, in turn, is based on the idea of the free market, has made substantially reduced industrial base the Asian part of Russia and its employment potential. Loss of population in this part of the country are now posing serious problems, according to the desire (need) turn to the East. It is proposed to recall the experience of Russian thinkers and practitioners of economic modernization in Russia / Soviet Union of yesteryear.