论比较社会学与比较分析的异同——兼评《比较社会学》

On the Similarities and Differences between Comparative Sociology and Comparative Analysis——comments on "Comparative Sociology"

比较社会学与比较分析之间存在着异同之处。通过评述《比较社会学》一书,可以清楚了解和把握学科视野下的比较社会学更多强调分析对象为社会结构、分析单位为社会等,方法层面的比较分析则相对较为宽泛,有着相对独特的功能和作用。结合现实进行分析,目前比较社会学学科建设可谓是任重而道远,对于解决当前定性研究合法性问题也更多需要引用比较分析。

There are similarities as well as differences between the comparative sociology and the comparative analysis. By studying the book of ＂Comparative Sociology＂, we can clearly understand that the analytical target of comparative sociology is the social structure and the analytical unit is the society, while the comparative analysis has broader scope and respectively unique function and effect. Viewing from the current status, the construction of comparative sociology is still far from completion, and currently comparative analysis is more suitable in solving the validity problem of qualitative research.