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Green Economy Development Policy: Status, Trends, Outlook
Vol. 23 (2022) No. 1, Public Politics
Vol. 23 (2022) No. 1
Public Politics

Green Economy Development Policy: Status, Trends, Outlook

Tereshina M.V.
Kuban State University
ORCID ID 0000-0001-8982-5831
Onishchenko M.V.
Kuban State University
ORCID ID 0000-0002-4750-4535
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https://doi.org/10.31429/26190567-23-1-6-25
https://doi.org/10.31429/26190567-23-1-6-25

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Tereshina M.V., Onishchenko M.V. (2022) Green Economy Development Policy: Status, Trends, Outlook. South-Russian Journal of Social Sciences, 23 (1), pp. 6-25. DOI: 10.31429/26190567-23-1-6-25 (In Russian)
Submission Date 2022-02-08
Accepted Date 2022-03-15
Published Date 2022-07-30

Copyright (c) 2022 Мария Валентиновна Терешина, Максим Валерьевич Онищенко

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Abstract

The study expands the subject field of discussion on the prospects of green economy as one of the most popular concept of development policy at the global level and at the level of different countries. The concept of sustainable development was adopted as the theoretical basis for the study of the state, trends and prospects of green economy development policy. The institutional specificity of national models was analyzed on the basis of methodological principles of neo-institutional approach with the help of case-study methods, analysis of documents of international and national levels, as well as analysis of electronic resources positioning the activities of various subjects of green economy development policy. The authors proposed an explanatory model of green economy development policy, highlighted its main characteristics, as well as structural and procedural components. Based on the empirical understanding of the state and trends of green economy policy in different countries, several national models (Chinese, American, European and Russian) were identified and analyzed, the criteria for differentiation of which were the dominant role of certain actors, as well as the set of institutional mechanisms that determine their involvement in the process of development and implementation of policies and decisions in this area. The authors conclude that the characteristics of national development policy models, as well as the timing and sequence of green policy reforms, largely determine not only their results in different national contexts, but also the global prospects of green economy as a basis for overcoming the threats of “risk society” and are closely related to the issues of political, economic and socio-­cultural transformation.

Keywords

development policy, green economy, sustainable development, green transition

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