SPECIFICS OF SOCIAL RESOURCES: FROM UNDERSTANDING TO USING

• Main Author: A. A. Chernega
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kemerovo State University 2014-02-01
• Series: Вестник Кемеровского государственного университета
• Subjects: social resources; social space; territorial space; social constructing; tourist sights
• Online Access: https://vestnik.kemsu.ru/jour/article/view/1316

The paper is devoted to the analysis of social resources as scientific problem. First of all, the author discusses various theoretical approaches to the phenomenon of social resource. Further, the author analyses the phenomenon of territorial space both as a social resource and an  area for interconnectivity of different resources. The main aim is to interpret the features of social resources functioning in the context of socio-territorial space on the example of tourist sights, which is reflected in the results of case-study of a small Russian town. Finally, the paper systematizes the attributes and functions of social resources. The author argues that analysis of social space as a space of social resources is a topical way for development of the sphere of social dividends management.