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- Title
LIETUVOS REGIONŲ (APSKRIČIŲ) PIRMINĖS MODERNIZACIJOS RODIKLIŲ KAITA 2000-2011 METAIS.
- Authors
Burbulytė-Tsiskarishvili, Gabrielė; Normantė, Inga
- Abstract
The authors of the article adapted a method of regional modernization calculation proposed by the Chinese Academy of Science and calculated fundamental modernization of Lithuanian regions (counties) in the year of 2000 and 2011. The comparison of the two selected years revealed quite interesting results and tendencies. In the year of 2000, none of the Lithuanian regions had finished the fundamental modernization. In the year of 2011 three regions (Vilnius, Kaunas and Klaipėda counties) had reached the final stage of fundamental modernization -- the phase of transition to secondary modernization. In the year of 2000, two regions were lagging -- Tauragė and Marijampolė counties. In the year of 2011, the situation had not changed in Tauragė county at all, it remained lagging by all the indicators of fundamental modernization. Marijampolė county, conversely, had reached the biggest advantage in the process of fundamental modernization: from being the lagging one in the year 2000, it had reached the average level of fundamental modernization by the year of 2011. The research revealed that there are two main requirements for the completion of the fundamental modernization: first, it is necessary to make the essential transformations in economic sphere -- i.e. to reduce the agricultural sector and to reduce the number of employed in agriculture; secondly, it is necessary to increase the scope of education -- i.e. to increase the number of people attending higher education. The research proved an ex ante premise of the authors that it is a very misleading tendency to narrow the concept of modernization by using the notion of innovations instead. Innovations (as well as the knowledge society, smart society etc.) should be understood as the postmodern values. Postmodern values belong to the secondary modernization. That means if we put innovations and knowledge society as the prevailing elements in territorial development plans and programmes, it creates lots of additional problems and misunderstanding while it is not very rational to implement postmodern values in those territorial units that are still the outset of fundamental modernization.
- Subjects
LITHUANIA; CHINESE Academy of Sciences (Beijing, China); MODERNIZATION (Social science); AGRICULTURAL industry research; ECONOMIC development research; HIGHER education
- Publication
Regional Formation & Development Studies, 2013, Issue 10, p58
- ISSN
2029-9370
- Publication type
Article