我国民族社会学经验研究的现状与反思——基于1998-2007年120篇经验研究论文的内容分析

Present Situations and Reviews of the Empirical Study of Ethnosociology in China——Based on the analysis of 120 empirical research papers from 1998 to 2007

从1998年至2007年发表的民族社会学经验研究论文中,抽取120篇,运用定量研究方法进行内容分析,其结果表明:民族社会学经验研究主题以民族文化和民族地区社会现代化居多;论文作者的学科背景大多是民族学或人类学,但近年来有社会学背景者开始增多;在研究方法中,以实地调查法和文献研究法为主,统计调查法比重过小。针对存在的问题,应注意经验研究的理论取向,加强研究方法的规范性,重视追踪调查和定量研究方法。

A quantitative study of 120 research papers about ethnosociology from 1998 to 2007 shows that the theses of the papers are mainly about ethnic cultures and the modernization of ethnic minority areas. the backgrounds of most authors are ethnology and anthropology majors though the numbers of sociology major have increased in recent years. field surveys and literature researches are the main resources for these papers, however, evidence5 from statistics are hard to be found out. Therefore, the theoretical orientation of empirical study and the regulation of research methods must be stressed. tracking surveys and quantitative studies must be emphasized.