《中国社会生活变迁(Since1978)》(作者李友梅)从社会学学科角度确定了研究主题，即中国社会生活变迁，追求对改革开放30年发展历史的深刻的学理思考，资料翔实，内容丰富，可读性强，《中国社会生活变迁(Since1978)》适合从事相关研究工作的人员参考阅读。

Introduction China's Social Life Changes from the Perspective of

Institution and Life

Chapter One The Dialectical Relationship between Institution and Life

Section One The Research Perspective

Section Two Institution Construction Aiming at Disciplining Life

Section Three Institution Cannot Quite Arcange Life

Section Four Constructing a Beneficial Interaction between

Institution and Life

Chapter Two Analyzing Autonomy with Social Theory

Section One The Multiple References of Autonomy

Section Two The Condition of Autonomy

Section Three The Paradox of Autonomy

Chapter Three The Return and Restrictions of Autonomy

Section One Manifestation of Autonomy

Section Two The Paradox of Autonomy

Section Three Surpassing the Dilemma : Proposal of the Philosophy of Harmonious

Society

Chapter Four The Structure of the Book

Part One Organizing the Society:The State Arrangement for the

Structure of Life

Chapter One New Institution, New Society, and New Identification

Section One The Blueprint of Social Reconstruction after the Revolution

Section Two The Finalization of Institution and

Generation of New Orders

Section Three Structure and Identity of the Totality Society

Chapter Two Disciplined Social Life

Section One Livelihood within the Logic of Redistribution :

Socialist Welfare System

Section Two Equality and Inequality: Different Representations

of EconomicalPoliticalSocial Status

Section Three "Movement" Becoming a Part of Life

Section Four Homogenization : The Declination of Individuality

Section Five An Ascetic Way of Consumption and Life

Chapter Three The Secret Space of Autonomy

Section One The Behavioral Strategy of "People of the Working

Units" : Hidden Movement of the Informal Network of Relationship

Section Two The Beehive like Structure: Space among the Work Units

Section Three Change of Identities : The Hidden Class Movement

Sunmlary

Part Two The Loosening of "Certainty": Experimental Reforms

Chapter One Opening up the Gap of "Society of Work Units"

Section One Doing All That Has Been Left Undone

Section Two "Loosening" and "Allowing" : Prelude of

System of "Loosening"

Section Three The Overflowing of Free Floating Resources

Chapter Two Minor Adjustment of Class Relationship

Section One Transformation of the Pattern of Migration

Section Two The Turning Point of the Value of Knowledge : Rising

of the Social Status of the Intellectuals

Section Three The Rise of the Standard of Career and Wealth:

The Miniature of New Social Groups

Chapter Three Family Life out of the Shadow of Politics

Section One Diversification of Family Economy: Reform of

Relationship in Rural Families

Section Two Out of the Political Shadow: Reforms of

Relationship in Urban Families

Chapter Four Revival of Freedom and Individuality

Section One Free Reading: New Enlightenment Movement

Section Two Between Ideal and Reality: Highlighting of Reflective

Consciousness

Section Three Individuality out of Imitation: Fashion Life

Far from Politics

Summary

Part Three The Weakening of Redlstribution System:

Generation of Autonomy

Chapter One Radical Changes in Institution

Section One The End of Ticket Era : Farewell to the

Economy of Shortage

Section Two Weakening of the System of Population Registration

and Organization

Section Three System of Labor Contract: Breaking the

"Iron Rice Bowl"

Section Four The Return of Community: Self

Arrangement of Social Life

Chapter Two The Growth of a New Class

Section One Manual Workers Earning More than Mental Workers:

Loss of the Intellectual Group

Section Two Rise of the New Rich: Wave of Plunging

into the Business Sea

Section Three Formation of a New Industrial Worker:

Double Identities of Migrant Workers

Section Four WhiteCollars: Demonstrating a Life of Value and Taste

Chapter Three Coming of the Consumption Era

Section One Improvement of the Level of Consumption:

Transformation from Quantity to Quality

Section Two Entertainment Consumption: Privatization

and Industrialization

Section Three Luxurious Consumption: Fashion and Social Etiquette

Chapter Four New Trends in Families and Marriages

Section One Demonstration of the Space for the Self

Section Two The Transnational Marriage:A Springboard

Section Three Facing the Loosened Marriage : "Forgiving"

Extramarital Affairs

Chapter Five Self Consciousness and Cultural Aphasia

Section One "Humanism" : Appeal of Humanity

Section Two Realizatio of Self Value: The Fourth Generation

Section Three Cultural Aphasia: Mass Culture and Humanism

Summary

Part Four Opening and Mobility: Social Life in the Context of Market

Chapter One Further Release of the Power of the Market

Section One Inhibiting the "Overheated Economy"

Section Two Encountering "Insufficient Domestic Demand"

Section Three Entering the Global Trade System

Section Four "Marketization" of Social Life

Chapter Two Stratification of Classes: New Characteristics

of the Social Structure

Section One Restructuring the Society

Section Two The Burgeoning of New Stratum Consciousness

Section Three The White Collar Group: Stabilizers or

Chapter Three Further Generation of Autonomy: Power

Consciousness and Social Engagement

Section One "New Cells" in the Rising Society:

Nongovernmental Organizations

Section Two Awakening of Power Consciousness and

"Beginning of Civil Movements

Chapter Four Shaping of the Era of Consumerism

Section One Farewell to Shortage: Drastic Changes in the

Structure of Family Expenditure and Receipts

Section Two Excessive Consumption: Credit Changes Life

Section Three Differentiation and Diversification: Consumption

Shaping Stratification

Chapter Five Way of Life in the Age of the Interuet: Life in Virtuafity

Section One Communication and Life in the Age of the Interact

Section Two Expression of Democracy via the Internet

Chapter Six Reform of Welfare System: Transforma tion from

the Release of the Market to Protection of the Society

Section One Marketization of Social Welfare System and Its

Social Consequences

Section Two Reflections After the 16th National Congress of

the CPC and Readjustment of Social Welfare System

Chapter Seven Loss of Identity and Effort at Identity Reconstruction

Section One Structural Changes in the Foundational Area

of Social Identity

Section Two Way of Renovation to Reconstruct Identity

Summary

Part Five Harmony: The New Page in Social Construction

Chapter One Harmonious Society and New Consensus of Reform

Section One Intrinsic Logic of the Change of Consensus of Reform

Section Two Harmonious Society: New Consensus of Reform

Section Three Reform Consensus Renovated: Reconstruction

of Identity Value

Chapter Two Institutional Arrangements in the Construction

of a Harmonious Society

Section One Constructing the Network of Social Security :

Institutional Foundation of Harmonious Society

Section Two Adjusting the Mechanism of Social Interests:

Relationship Mediation of Social Construction

Section Three Burgeoning of the Pattern of Social

Governance : The Interior Process of Harmonious Society

Chapter Three Beginning of a Diversified and Harmonious Life

Section One Between Reality and Virtuality: Social Foundation

of Diversified Life

Section Two Choice among Stratification: Autonomous Life

Section Three Building Harmonious New Life: Conformity

of Value and Reconstruction of Order

Summary

Epilogue Reconstruction of the Autonomy of Nation State in

the Context of Globalization

Chapter One New Issuess Raised by Globalization

Chapter Two Nation States in a Complicated Society

Chapter Three Nation States: Active Agents in the

Context of Globalization