The Phenomenon Of Agrarian Elites In The Processes Of Deindustrialization Of The Territories Of The Macroregion Of Central Russia

Abstract

Based on the theory of the American sociologist R. Lakhman about the role of the phenomenon of agrarian and industrial elites in the industrial development of national states, the authors prove their hypothesis that the dominance of agrarian elites in the subjects of the Russian Federation largely predetermined the process of deindustrialization of territories in the 1990s and 2000s. On the example of 17 regions of the macro-region of Central Russia and based on the content analysis of empirical data and using statistical analysis, the possibilities and directions of overcoming the consequences of deindustrialization by the regions of the "rust belt" of the Central Federal District are investigated. At the same time, from the perspective of management sociology, a special place in the process of modernization of territories carried out by the authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation is assigned to development institutions (industrial and industrial parks, SEZs, TOSERS), which provide institutional changes and a productive process of reindustrialization of territories.