printPolemical notes on purposeful accentuations in alternative social and economic strategy
Kolganov A.I.
Dr. Sci. (Econ.), Prof., Head of the Laboratory on Comparative Studies of Socio-Economic Systems at the Faculty of Economics, Lomonosov Moscow State University; Chief Researcher, Institute of Economy, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia onaglo@mail.ru
Buzgalin A.V.
Dr. Sci. (Econ.), Professor of the Faculty of Economics, Director of the Centre for Contemporary Marxist Studies, Faculty of Philosophy, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow buzgalin@mail.ru
Kolganov A.I., Buzgalin A.V. Polemical notes on purposeful accentuations in alternative social and economic strategy. Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya [Sociological Studies]. 2014. No 3. P. 120-130
On the base of a diagnosis set in the previous article of the existing state of socio-economic body of our country, the authors conduct a comparative study of the two possible trajectories of socio-economic development of Russia: (1) strategies focused on restoration and modernization of primarily industrial basis, and (2) the strategy of advancing (leading) development subordinated to priority objectives of developing human qualities (“Economics for humans”). Specifics of the second model are discussed – its objectives and means of implementation, available resources and potential social actors to implement it.