Cultural aspects of model formation of socio-economic development in eu regions: a comparative analysis
Keywords:
models of development of EU regions, regional economy, sustainable development, socio-economic differences, culture of European countries.
Abstract
The article reveals the actual problem of cultural influence on the socio-economic development of the regions in the European Union. The research goal is to compare socio-cultural differences, which are significant factors for determining the vectors of socio-economic development of European countries. The article presents the results of an empirical study of the cultural components of regional models of socioeconomic development on the example of some countries of the European Union. The research materials were official statistics and expert assessments obtained as a result of a survey of specialists from various academic research structures on the social network Twitter. The total number of respondents from 9 European universities was 900 people. The research methodology is based on a sociocultural approach, includes the methods of the general scientific group and of special methods: historiographic analysis of scientific literature on the research topic, the method of comparative analysis, the method of sociological survey, statistical analysis, quantitative and qualitative research methods. Based on the empirical study, the following results were obtained: as the main cultural components that determine the specifics of the socio-economic development of the EU regions, the experts identified the historical context, national mentality, as well as value attitudes of behavior.
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2024-01-30
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Grigorova, D. S. (2024). Cultural aspects of model formation of socio-economic development in eu regions: a comparative analysis. Amazonia Investiga, 13(73), 252-262. https://doi.org/10.34069/AI/2024.73.01.21
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