Траектории развития стран мира и эволюционное страноведениестатья
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Аннотация:Problems of development of various countries under the globalization processes and in postindustrial (information) society with typical "shrinking" of time and space are discussed, as well as the newest challenges to traditional countries' study (Landerkunde, etudes des pays) and its possible response. In this context the authors stress the importance of evolutional regional approach to the "geography of development", the role of national diversity and often unpredictable responses to the global shifts. The second part deals with the development trajectories of small and, particularly, large and super-large countries, examining their specific features, three basic indicators, i.e. area, population and economic level, and newly introduced characteristics, with their subtypes, composition and geographical transformation during the XXth century. The existence of four to six "elephants" in the growing crowd of "mice" over the whole century is, perhaps, the most remarkable fact. The nation-wide and regional trends of development are analyzed in the third part of the article using the example of the USA and the American high-tech "postindustrial industry". Four key types of regional development are briefly described as "substituting" (the Northeast), "stabilizing" (the Midwest), "catching-up" (the South) and "outstripping" (the West).