Abstract
Regional integration oriented transformations in the Baltic region, as well as the unified social, economic and technological space formation processes are described and analysed. These processes are comprehended as an important factor of further social, economic and technological modernization in the Baltic countries, as a precondition for more intensive and active integration of Baltic economic systems into the European and global economic and technological structures, as well as a knowledge‐based society and knowledge economy creation factor. The arguments determining the idea of the Baltic region community and unity, as well as opposing arguments are evaluated. The main principles of integration in the Baltic region, as well as the possible integration strategies are analysed. The unified social, economic and technological space in the Baltic region as a research area is described.
Highlights
The modern knowledge-based society and knowledge economy creation is the priority for the development processes in the European Union.Knowledge-based society and knowledge economy creation could be defined as a complex transformation with the qualitatively new societal life oriented priorities
Transformations in the European Union oriented towards regional integration, including integral spaces formation oriented transformations in the Baltic region, could be defined as an important precondition for further development of qualitatively new society in the Baltic countries
Formation of the integral social, economic and technological space in the Baltic region could be defined as an important precondition for further modernization and more intensive and active integration of the national societal and economic systems in the Baltic countries into the common European and global development processes
Summary
In the enlarged European Union, a complex process of the new transformations representing the new phase of the political, social, economic modernization emerged The priorities of these transformations are the further activities of integration processes in the whole space of the European Union and the intensive creation of the knowledge-based society and global market oriented knowledge economy. An important direction of the transformations in the enlarged European Union is the active interregional and internal regional political, social, economic and technological integration and formation of the unified social, economic and technological spaces This direction could be defined as transformations oriented towards regional integration and represents some activities towards the creation of knowledge-based society and knowledge economy in various regions of the European Union, as well as in the European Union in general. Both of these tendencies are based on a real Baltic region as a geopolitical, social, cultural and economic community formation
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