有關中國轉型的研究，在九○年代與兩千年後，由於聚焦於不同的社會層面，產生了研究上的鴻溝。原有的各項轉型制度理論，無法對現實社會問題，提供研究的指導與洞察，因此造成近年社會分析的理論貧乏問題。本文乃嘗試以制度為主線，捻出「制度同化」與「制度相依」兩項觀點，有系統的整理、爬梳現有各項轉型理論文獻，試圖連綴「轉型歷程」、「經濟成就」與「社會失衡」間的相互關係。本文希望藉此文獻功夫，幫助銜接「既有的理論架構」與「演進中的社會實踐」，使得彼此滋潤、相互激發，不斷開展出中國社會研究的源頭活水。 / The study of China’s market transition falls into two distinct periods: in the earlier phase, China’s phenomenal economic success is the subject and many institutional accounts has been proposed while in following years , China’s rising economic disparities attracts all the attention and little effort has been devoted to the business of theory-building. As a result, today’s social analyses in China have hardly ever been theory-informed. Given this situation, this paper seeks to review existing theoretical literature with special reference to institutional changes and hopefully bridge the gap between institutional theory and Chinese practices.