Institutional Support for the Development of a "Green" Economy at the Regional Level: Content Analysis

The presented article is devoted to the analysis of the institutional support for the development of the "green" economy at the regional level of the Russian Federation. The subject of the research is the public administration institutions at the regional level in the Southern Federal District (SFD) regions. The object of the research is the public administration institutions for the "green" economy of the Russian Federation subjects. The author examines in detail aspects of the topic such as the essence of the "green" economy as a direction in economic science and the relevance of its development at the current stage of societal development. Special attention is paid to the theoretical analysis of the essence of state and municipal governance institutions and their species classification based on the functions performed. During the research, the author analyzed the bodies of state power in the SFD regions concerning their activities in achieving balanced socio-ecological-economic development. The research employed content analysis, which consisted of analyzing a body of provisions regarding the state power bodies of the Russian Federation subjects to identify the declared goals for the practical implementation of specific elements of the "green" economy in a given region. The analysis of institutional support was conducted by dividing the activities of the bodies into three blocks: "Economy," "Ecology," and "Society." The novelty of the research lies in the author’s exploration of theoretical approaches to defining the essence of public administration institutions and proposing an original definition taking into account the specifics of the "green" economy. A significant contribution of the author to the topic is the conducted content analysis of documents, which revealed institutional support for the "green" economy in the form of a system of public power bodies for the Russian Federation subjects in the SFD regions, highlighting the differences in approaches to forming state entities and determining their operational goals from the perspective of promoting sustainable development. The main conclusion of the research is the identification of the meta-sectoral nature of the "green" economy, which indicates the impossibility of managing this object solely within the activities of one public authority. The author emphasizes the importance of forming a management structure for the "green" economy consisting of three elements: an institution of general competence; specialized sectoral institutions; and a consultative (coordinating, controlling) institution.

institutional support, green economy, content analysis, environmental contradictions, socio-economic development, state strategic management, coordination functions, institution, sustainable development, state authorities