共產黨社會的新傳統主義

　　社会与思想丛书之一
　　本書英文版一九八六年出版後，深獲佳評，一九八七年即得美國社會學會傑出研究獎，八八年又獲列文森亞洲研究獎。在學術界備受關注。Daniel Chirot 說這部著作是他所讀到的論述共產黨社會中有關權威、政治以及社會結構，最有銳見的。王耀宗也說，這書是他所讀到的中國研究最精彩的一部著作。是十年來西方學者研究當代中國社會最具識見的，不論就方法論上還是題旨上，本書都值得中國學者借鏡。

　　Andrew Walder is the director emeritus of Shorenstein APARC, the Denise O'Leary and Kent Thiry Professor of Sociology, and an FSI senior fellow. He is an expert on the sources of conflict, stability and change in communist regimes, and his current research focuses on the impact of China's market reforms on income inequality and career opportunity. He is also conducting historical research on the Cultural Revolution of 1966-1969, with an emphasis on the Beijing Red Guard movement during 1966 and 1967.
　　Before coming to Stanford in fall 1997, Walder was a professor of sociology at Harvard. He was also a professor and head of the Division of Social Sciences at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology from 1995-1997. His recent publications include "Career Advancement as Party Patronage: Sponsored Mobility into the Chinese Administrative Elite," in the American Journal of Sociology (2001); "Politics and Life Chances in a State Socialist Regime: Dual Career Paths into the Urban Chinese Elite, 1949 to 1996," in the American Sociological Review (2000); and Property Rights and Economic Reform in China (1999). He received his PhD in sociology from the University of Michigan.
　　Expertise
　　market reforms in China; political movements in China during the Cultural Revolution