改革开放三十年之际,浙江大学公共管理学院陈国权教授的著作《社会转型与有限政府》一书由人民出版社出版了,这是一次探求转型期社会公共治理制度基础的重要思想旅程。该书从我国转型期社会治理失灵问题入手,探讨我国转型时期政府角色的合理定位和政府职权的适当配置,并论证了 On the occasion of 30 years of reform and opening up, the book “Social Transformation and Limited Government” by Professor Chen Guquan, School of Public Administration, Zhejiang University, was published by People’s Publishing House, an important journey of thought that explored the basis of social public governance in transition. The book starts with the failure of social governance in the transitional period of our country, and probes into the reasonable positioning of government role and the proper allocation of government authority during the transitional period in China.