社会结构中的“白领”及其社会功能——以20世纪90年代以来的上海为例

‘White Collar’ and Its Function in Social Structure:A Case Study of Shanghai since 1990's

自20世纪90年代中期以来,新兴白领在上海的社会职业结构中逐渐占据了一个重要位置,他们的社会心态和社会功能特征引起了研究者的关注。本文试图通过分析这个新兴白领群体所处的特殊历史阶段、文化适应、价值取向以及他们与体制之间存在的某种结构性分离,提供一个观察研究的视角,并以某种方式与当前国内关于白领研究的一些理论预设形成对话和讨论,进而引发读者对上海白领群体未来作用的再思考。

The emerging white-collar group has gradually occupied an important position in social occupational structure in Shanghai.The Characteristics of its social mind and social function have aroused some researchers' interest.Analyzing the special hostorical phase in which the white-collar group is,its cultural adaptation,value orientation and constructional separation from social system,this paper tries to provide a special research perspective on the white-collar group and discuss on some current suppositions on this group.