The resource regions resilience in the conditions of Industry 4.0. and the COVID-19 pandemic: theoretical and applied aspects

Abstract

Currently, global changes are taking place, accompanied by a change in the socio-economic structure, in these conditions, states and societies lose their resistance to stress and become especially “fragile”, unable to maintain the integrity of their economic and socio-political structures. Within the framework of this article, the authors developed an interdisciplinary concept of the concept of stress resistance, which is most fully manifested during periods of global crises such as the economic transition to Industry 4.0 and the COVID-19 pandemic, and also made an attempt to form indicators for assessing the stress resistance of regions in the new economic and socio-political realities. The problem of stress resistance is becoming especially relevant for the resource regions of Russia. The concept of stress resistance is studied from the standpoint of economic and socio-political approaches. Within the framework of this article, under the concept of resistance to stress, the authors consider the state of stability of all levels of government in relation to stressful situations in the economic, social and political spheres of society, as well as the ability to develop adaptive mechanisms based on forms of strategic partnership between the state and society, in particular civil society institutions. The aim of the study was to develop the main risk factors and factors-stabilizers of stress resistance at the regional level in the context of the global crisis, influencing the system of interaction between government institutions and society. The factors-stabilizers of stress resistance at the regional level are distinguished. Taking into account Industry 4.0 and COVID-19 in the Russian Federation, such “points of growth” may be changes in the modernization of medicine, support from the state for business and non-governmental organizations. Measures to provide stabilization measures to support various categories of the population were taken as a “point”, but quite justified measure to support the economic level of development of regional economies and stabilize the situation in the social sphere.