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題名 Sociological Research on Reform-Era China
作者 Bian, Yan-Jie
關鍵詞 state of the field;Chinese sociology;China studies;stratification;mobility;networks
日期 2003-03
上傳時間 14-Oct-2016 16:26:43 (UTC+8)
摘要 This essay reviews post-1980 and especially post-1990 scholarship in the two interrelated fields of sociological study about reform-era China: sociology in the People`s Republic of China and China studies in Western sociology. Sociology as a subject of study was officially banned shortly after the 1949 communist revolution in the PRC, and its rebirth in 1979 was part of the post-Mao leadership`s new reform policy to modernize China. Since then, sociology has been under the ideological and political influence of a durable communist party-state, but its development surely has been shaped by a persistent search for both a rooting in Chinese society and a recognition by and acceptance into the world community of sociology. Meanwhile, China studies in Western and especially American sociology has moved into the mainstream of the discipline, benefiting from the adoption of standard survey methods to collect systematic data and from theoretical and substantive analyses about such issues as institutional change, changing patterns of social stratification, mechanisms of social mobility, and the centrality of social networks in social life. Looking ahead, the author calls for closer scholarly dialogue between Western and Chinese sociologists, arguing that such communication will not only benefit each side but also create opportunities for advancing new sociological explanations of a fast-changing Chinese society.
關聯 Issues & Studies,38(4)&39(1),139-174
資料類型 article
dc.creator (作者) Bian, Yan-Jie
dc.date (日期) 2003-03
dc.date.accessioned 14-Oct-2016 16:26:43 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.available 14-Oct-2016 16:26:43 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 14-Oct-2016 16:26:43 (UTC+8)-
dc.identifier.uri (URI) http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/102817-
dc.description.abstract (摘要) This essay reviews post-1980 and especially post-1990 scholarship in the two interrelated fields of sociological study about reform-era China: sociology in the People`s Republic of China and China studies in Western sociology. Sociology as a subject of study was officially banned shortly after the 1949 communist revolution in the PRC, and its rebirth in 1979 was part of the post-Mao leadership`s new reform policy to modernize China. Since then, sociology has been under the ideological and political influence of a durable communist party-state, but its development surely has been shaped by a persistent search for both a rooting in Chinese society and a recognition by and acceptance into the world community of sociology. Meanwhile, China studies in Western and especially American sociology has moved into the mainstream of the discipline, benefiting from the adoption of standard survey methods to collect systematic data and from theoretical and substantive analyses about such issues as institutional change, changing patterns of social stratification, mechanisms of social mobility, and the centrality of social networks in social life. Looking ahead, the author calls for closer scholarly dialogue between Western and Chinese sociologists, arguing that such communication will not only benefit each side but also create opportunities for advancing new sociological explanations of a fast-changing Chinese society.
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dc.relation (關聯) Issues & Studies,38(4)&39(1),139-174
dc.subject (關鍵詞) state of the field;Chinese sociology;China studies;stratification;mobility;networks
dc.title (題名) Sociological Research on Reform-Era China
dc.type (資料類型) article