On Russia’s aptitude for socioeconomic transformations
The article considers the reasons why the measures taken to transform the current model of economic growth for a long time do not yield results. Based on the analysis of the economic history of Russia, it is concluded that this problem was immanent to the Russian economy. In this basis the hypothesis is put forward that the Russian society is characterized by the presence of a system of informal institutions that prevent entrepreneurial innovation activity. To know the essence of these institutions and to determine the possible mechanisms of their transformation is possible only through the integration of social science knowledge about the civilizational features of Russian society