“丁字型”社会结构与“结构紧张”

“Inverted T-shaped Social Structure” and Social Strain

本文采用国际社会经济地位指数的方法分析“五普”数据 ,发现中国社会是倒丁字型的社会结构。造成该结构的主要原因是城乡的分隔。丁字型结构造成了持续的“社会结构紧张” ,社会群体之间需求差异太大 ,社会交换难以进行。几乎所有的社会问题 ,都可以从丁字型结构和结构紧张上得到解释。中国社会要想最终从“紧张”走入“宽松” ,需要等待丁字型社会结构的根本转变。最后 ,本文提出了社会结构转变的基本战略。

This paper argues that Chinese society is an inverted T shaped structure of social stratification by using “the international socio economic index” method to analyze the China’s 2000 population census data. The major reason for it is the resident permit system between rural and urban areas in China. The inverted T shaped structure causes the structural strain in contemporary China. The gaps between the two social groups are enlarging and it is difficult for the social exchanges between them. Most social problems can be explained from the inverted T shaped structure and structural strain.