ЕКОНОМІКА ЯК ГЛОКАЛЬНА КОНВЕРГЕНТНО-ДИВЕРГЕНТНА СИСТЕМА

Abstract

The question of the consequences of economic globalization at the present stage of development is becoming not only the subject of political battles between its supporters and critics, but also sharp scientific discussions in the pages of scientific publications on economics. Most of their participants are of the opinion that globalization is not a linear process. This interpretation was made possible by taking into account the manifestation of the opposite trend in the form of economic integration. It is at the junction of global and local that a hybrid socio-spatial and economic phenomenon is formed ‒ glocalization, the essence of which is manifested through the combined development of economic convergence and the opposite trend, which is divergence. Against the background of these social phenomena, the economy appears as a glocal convergent-divergent system. Given this approach, the article formulates a goal to identify the economy as a global convergent-divergent system. To implement it, the essence of glocalization was determined, the interconnectedness of convergence and divergence as trends in global economic deve-lopment was revealed, and the components of the global convergent-divergent system were characterized. This, in turn, required a departure from the opposition of economic globalization and economic integration and convergence and divergence as opposing and contradictory processes, ie the analysis of these processes in the context of their close relationship. This, on the one hand, broadened the understanding of the essence of these phenomena, and on the other ‒ enriched the understanding of such a phenomenon as glocalization, which arose at the intersection of globalization and integration. Based on the characteristics of the components of the glocal economic system, the vector orientation of convergent-divergent relations is revealed. It is established that in these relations the tendency of difference between economic systems prevails, which is due to their previous and current state. It was found that economic convergence is real, not imaginary in relation to countries with optimal economic structure, which provides high added value and increasing returns, which are largely determined by technological capabilities of production. These provisions are relevant to the current state of the Ukrainian economic system, which requires the acceleration of its restructuring through the priority development of the machine-building industry on the basis of the latest technological modes. Based on the results of the study, certain generalizations were made and prospects for further scientific research in this area were outlined.