摘要
近年来,"中等收入群体"成为学术研究与政策制定的热点,但该概念与社会学传统的"中产阶层"概念的关系至今还缺少理论与经验的系统分析。通过追根溯源,可以发现,虽然"中等收入群体"概念最早起源于经济学学科,但与社会学的等级分层逻辑并无二致。二者的本质区别在于社会基础差异,"中产阶层"是以社会关系为基础的结构性位置,而"中等收入群体"则是以经济资源为基础的等级性位置,这种差异又进一步决定了二者的功能分异。对CGSS 2013年数据进行分析的结果显示,关系结构之间的内在紧张使得阶层位置与社会秩序具有一种天然亲和,因此阶层对社会政治领域的现象会有更强解释力;而经济资源的多少则是人们生活消费方式的前提条件,故而收入群体更适合解释经济现象。
In recent years,the study of the middle income group becomes the hot spot for academic researches and policy formulation,but relation of this concept with the traditional sociological“middle class”is short of theoretical and empirical systematic analysis.Tracing back,the concept of“middle income group”originates from economics,similar to the grade hierarchic logic of sociology.The essential difference of the two lies in the difference of social base.“middle class”is the structural position based on the social relation,whereas“middle income group”is the grade position based on the economic resources.This difference further determines the function difference of the two.According to the analysis results of the CGSS data of 2013,the internal tension in the relation structure makes the stratum position naturally harmonious with the social order,therefore strata have stronger interpretation power for the phenomena in the social and political field;the amount of economic resources is the precondition of life consumption mode,therefore the income group is the more important factor to interpret the economic phenomena.
作者
朱斌
范晓光
Zhu Bin;Fan Xiaoguang
出处
《江海学刊》
CSSCI
北大核心
2019年第1期117-126,254,255,共12页
Jianghai Academic Journal
基金
中国人民大学2018年度"中央高校建设世界一流大学(学科)和特色发展引导专项资金"资助
