西方的当代中国研究

欧洲、亚洲以及澳大利亚有许多研究中国的机构 ,无论是专家的数量还是研究成果的数量 ,美国都占据主导地位。但在 2 0世纪 60年代 ,美国研究中国的学者由于受到学科领域其他同事的影响 ,过多地关注了中国的特殊性 ,而忽视了理论研究和比较研究。到 70年代研究重心发生了变化 ,开始更多地关注学科院系对中国的研究。西方中国研究的学者可划分为三代 :第一代对中国共产党的革命历史做了很多的研究工作 ,第二代是西方研究高层政治的高潮阶段 ,第三代开始关注改革阶段

Western Studies of Contemporary China

While vibrant China studies communities exist in many countries from Europe, Asia and Australasia, the world of China scholarship is still overwhelmingly dominated by the US in terms of the number of the specialists and studies produced. However, in the 1960s the American scholars of China studies, under the influence of other colleagues in their disciplinary fields, were too focused on the peculiarities and not concerned enough with theory or comparative studies. In the 1970s the emphasis of studies of China changed and shifted strongly to the disciplinary departments. Western scholars of China studies may be divided into three generations. The first generation did much work on the CPC revolutionary history, the second was the high point of Western studies of Chinese elite politics and the third has focused on the reform period in China.