Problemi Ekonomiki (Mar 2017)
The Formation of the Science of Economic Security
Abstract
The accumulation of empirical material on the problems of economic security (state, region, enterprise) at a certain moment required explanation using a number of theoretical constructions and structurization of the accumulated body of knowledge, which led to the emergence of the science of economic security — a hierarchical science in which objects of economic security are located by the following levels: state — region — subject of economic activity. The terms used to denote the totality of knowledge about economic security (state, region, enterprise) are analyzed. The content of the science of economic security as a modern field of knowledge is disclosed. The presence in the economic security of the characteristics peculiar for each scientific branch is analyzed. The general laws of the formation of the science of economic security are considered. The content and characteristics of previously isolated stages in the evolution of the national science on economic security (phenomenological, divergent, convergent and sedimentary) are clarified, the integration and pragmatic stage is added.
