索罗金关于城乡社会学的研究及其对中国的启示

Sorokin's Research on Urban-rural Sociology and Its Prospect for China

著名社会学家索罗金通过城乡制度、文化、组织结构与人口等方面的对比分析,提出城乡分化多源于人们思维的建构。起初,城乡的差异较小,之后二者差异出现短暂性的扩大,随着城市化的发展,形成乡村城市化,最终城市社区和农村社区融为一体。因此,他将发展"城乡连续体"作为城乡发展的目标。索罗金这一思想启示我们,中国的城乡关系可以从宏观、中观和微观三个层次入手,分别从国家体制、社区组织与个人行动出发来探索构建"城乡连续体"的具体策略,最终实现城镇化的包容性增长与城乡融合。

Based on comparative analysis of urban and rural institutions,culture,organizational structure and population,the sociologist Sorokin pointed out that the differentiation between urban and rural areas comes from the construction of people’s thinking.The gap of development between urban and rural areas would experience process involving small-temporary expansion-small again.Alongwith the development of urbanization,rural urbanization is formed gradually,and realizing the integration of urban-rural communities in the end.Therefore,Sorokin considered“urban and rural continuum"as the goal of urban and rural development.Reflecting on his thoughts,the relationship between urban and rural areas in China can be started from three levels,namely that they are macro,meso and micro.We can develop the concrete strategy of constructing“Urban-rural Continuum"by starting from the national system,community organizations and individual actions,in order to realize the inclusive growth of urbanization and the integration of urban and rural areas.