ROnq Ma，Ph．D．(1987)in sociologY．Brown Universitv (USA)，is Professor of Sociology, Peking University．He has Publi Shed SOme artiCles in English and several books in ChineSe．HiS workS include Population and Society of力bet (Beijin9：Tongxin Press，1 996)， Ethnicity and Social Development(Beijin9：Press of Nationality，200 1)，APP，ied StUdies 0厂 Sociology(Beijin9：Huaxia Press，2002)，and Sociology of Ethnicityj Sociological Study of Ethnic Relations(Beijin9： Peking University Press，2004)．His research interest has focused on ethnic relations，migration，education and rural development．He is currently organizing a national research project on“temporary migration and ethnic relations in the West of China”funded by Ministry of Education of China．
目录
Part I Nation-Building and Ethnicity 1.Nation—Building and Ethnicity 2.Nation—Building of China’S Pluralist Unity and the Future Perspectives 3.Ethnic Relations in Contemporary China——Cultural Tradition and Ethnic Policies since l 949 4.A New Perspective in Guiding Ethnic Relations in the 2 1 st Century：De—politicization’of Ethnicity in China 5.Education of Ethnic Minorities in Contemporary China 6.Bilingual Education for China’S Ethnic Minorities Part II Tibet.Past and Present 7.Economic Patterns of the Tibet Autonomous Region：The Past and Present 8.Marriages and Spouse Selection in Tibet 9.Population Structure and Changes in the Tibet AutonomousRegion—An Analysis of the Recent Census Data 10.Han and Tibetan Residential Patterns in Lhasa 11.Temporary Migrants in Lhasa in 2005 part III Social Changes in Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia 12.Economic Development，Labor Transference，and MinorityEducation in the West ofChina 13.Population Distribution and Relations between Ethnic Groups in the Kashgar Prefecture，Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region 14.Changes of Nomadic PaUems and Steppe Grassland Ecosystem in Inner Mongolia 15.Changes in Local Administration and Their Impact on Community Life in the Grasslands of Inner Mongolia 16.Migrant and Ethnic Integration in the Process of Soci0—economic Change in Inner Mongolia：A Village Study 17.“Species”or“Cultural Groups”：A Comment on E J. Gill—White’S Article References Index
