“新传统主义”及其后——“单位制”的视角与分析

Neo-Traditionalism and its Consequence:The Analysis from the Perspective of "Danwei Model"

从"单位制"的视角透视中国城市社会基层的组织制度和秩序的研究,一般被认为肇始于魏昂德的"新传统主义"模型。之后的讨论和工作主要围绕以下三方面的问题展开:1)"新传统主义"与历史是什么关系?2)"新传统主义"的适用范围究竟有多大?3)中国基层社会组织中的权力和权威关系到底是个什么样子?通过对这些问题的梳理和分析表明:问题的关键在于如何辩证地同时关注结构与文化、历史与现实之间的关系,真正深入到单位组织的变革现场,以把握中国基层社会的基本秩序结构。

It is widely believed that Andrew Walder's Neo-traditionism model initiated the study of institutional system and the order of urban Chinese basic social unit from the perspective of 'Danwei model'.The present study mainly focused on the following three questions:(1) what is the relationship between Neo-traditionalism and history?(2) To exactly what extent can the model be applied?(3)how can we depict and account for the basic unit of the Chinese society and its social order,or its relationship with the authority in China?This paper intends to investigate the above-mentioned questions,and argues that the key point is how to focus on the relationship between social structure and culture,and engage in some serious investigations from both historical perspective and current situations in a dialectic manner.Only by doing so can we get a complete and unbiased understanding of the order structure of Chinese basic social unit.