中国特色社会学理论研究的新探索

New Exploration of Sociological Theory Research with Chinese Characteristics

面对当代中国改革与发展的全新局面,中国社会学界在四大方面作出了理论研究的新探索:其一,通过专家参与基层社区治理实践等,创新了中国特色的基层社会治理实验;其二,深化中国特色的民生研究,从社会政策视角调研基层社区老百姓的日常生活,提出了一些具有中国特色的保障与改善民生的理论和措施;其三,从社会学角度探索中国式的现代化道路,在中国多元的城镇化道路、人的城镇化、中国特色的产业化道路、中国特色的社会治理现代化理论以及研究“人的现代化”理论方面作出新探索;其四,中国社会学的理论创新是建立在社会学方法创新和基层一线实践创新基础之上的。

In the new situation of contemporary China’s reform and development, Chinese sociological circles have made new explorations in theoretical research in four aspects. First, through experts’ participation in the practice of grass-roots community governance, they have innovated the experiment of grass-roots social governance with Chinese characteristics. Second, the have deepened the research on people’s livelihood with Chinese characteristics, investigated the daily life of people in grass-roots communities from the perspective of social policies, and put forward some theories and measures with Chinese characteristics to ensure and improve people’s livelihood. Third, they have explored the Chinese-styled modernization path from the perspective of sociology, and made new explorations in China’s diversified urbanization path, human urbanization, industrialization path with Chinese characteristics, social governance modernization theory with Chinese characteristics, and the study of “human modernization” theory. Fourth, the theoretical innovation of Chinese sociology is based on the innovation of sociological methods and the practice innovation at the grass-roots level.