Abstract

The article describes the concept of region as a holistic economic and social system, as well as an object of strategizing. The research relied on numerous theoretical and regulatory approaches used by different authors and institutes. The empirical part of the research concentrated on the Kemerovo Region aka Kuzbass. The methods included system, comparative, and logical analyses, as well as the dialecticmaterialistic method of cognition and a complex approach to conceptualization, generalization, and specification. The study also involved the descriptive-historical approach and individual theoretical-methodological provisions of regional strategizing. The article introduces the main approaches to the concept of region as a basic definition of regional economy and the theory and practice of regional strategizing. The term was interpreted using the case of the Kemerovo Region as an economic-social system and an object of strategizing. The current theory of strategy and the methodology and practice of strategizing demonstrate a severe ambiguity of scientific approaches and juridical interpretations to the term region. The traditional definition of the region is an object of strategizing for developing and implementing a formal strategy based on a current legislation. Thus, a region with its formal borders is a federal subject. This approach reflects its main characteristics as a complex economic-social system, where the economic aspect is primary and serves as a base for the social one.

Keywords

region, object of strategizing, economic-social system, Kemerovo region – Kuzbass

FUNDING

The research was part of the Integrated scientific and technical program of the full innovation cycle “Development and implementation of a complex of technologies in the field of exploration and extraction of solid minerals, industrial safety, bioremediation, new products of deep processing from coal raw materials with a consistent reduction of the environmental burden on the environment and risks to the life of the population”, Government Decree No. 1144-r May 11, 2022, Event No. 7 “Geoinformation system of digital regional management”.

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