Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of issues of sustainable development of the state and society, in the context of global processes taking place in the world.

The author notes that the current development of economic and socio-political processes in the world is characterized by a state of instability. Periodic financial and economic crises are typical in the field of economics. Theoretical concepts of the global social crisis, which were predictive before, have become a reality, and in different parts of the world they develop into political ones. Today, humanity is alarmed by the state of ecology, which has become a victim of consumeristic, unreasonable use of the biosphere. In this situation, the study of the problems and prospects of sustainable development (SD) is of great relevance and significance today.

Very often most researchers, when considering the problems of SD, single out such spheres of the modern world as ecology, socio-political, economic and cultural.

Based on the analysis of the factors influencing the provision of "SD", the author believes that the characteristic of all studies is the emphasis not on the stable state of a particular community, but on the potential of this community to implement qualitative changes that should ensure the survival of this community.

In turn, the issues of practical implementation of SD require research and development of effective risk and security management mechanisms aimed at achieving the “development goals of the millennium”. The author in his article emphasizes that the existing concept of sustainable development does not give an answer on how to protect humanity from the economy of uneven growth, which in interstate relations leads to the onset of wars between them, and the uneven, one-sided distribution of income within the country between rich and poor leads to destabilization of the internal political situation.

The time and reality of today, the challenges of today require new approaches to the development of criteria and mechanisms for sustainable development of countries and people, which were defined in the 2002 Action Plan in Johannesburg.

Key words: sustainable development, culture, state, society.