TY - JOUR A1 - Anheier, Helmut K. A1 - Romo, Frank P. T1 - Modelle strukturellen Versagens in Policy-Netzwerken JF - Journal für Sozialforschung Y1 - 1992 SN - 0253-3995 VL - 32 IS - 1 SP - 33 EP - 60 PB - Zentrum CY - Wien ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Anheier, Helmut K. A1 - Romo, Frank P. T1 - Success and Failure in Institutional Development: A Network Approach JF - American Behavioral Scientist N2 - This article employs a network approach to analyze two competing perspectives on success and failure patterns in organizational development: Michels's oligarchy thesis, which predicts that successful organizations are characterized by an elite that dominates marginal members, and Olson's free rider thesis, which posits that success depends on the extent to which marginal participants can benefit from public goods provided by a small group of highly active members. Using blockmodel analysis, we explore both perspectives in the context of interorganizational networks among private development organizations in Africa and examine underlying motivations of participation. In an effort to understand contextual effects, we add qualitative observations of both networks. Although overall our results support Michels's oligarchy thesis, we find that contextual factors and path dependencies can override interorganizational dynamics that would otherwise lead to either success or failure. Thus our results support key aspects of neoinstitutionalism in organizational studies. Y1 - 1996 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1177/0002764296039008009 SN - 1552-3381 VL - 39 IS - 8 SP - 1057 EP - 1079 PB - Sage Publications CY - Los Angeles [u.a.] ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Anheier, Helmut K. A1 - Gerhards, Jürgen A1 - Romo, Frank P. T1 - Forms of Capital and Social Structure in Cultural Fields: Examining Bourdieu's Social Topography JF - American Journal of Sociology N2 - This article tests one key assumption of Bourdieu's theory of culture fields: that actors are positioned in a "topography" of social relations according to their endowments of economic, social, and cultural capital. Blockmodeling procedures are used to analyze data on German writers and to indentify a social structure in which positions vary according to the types and amounts of capital accumulated. A strong split between elite and marginal writers dominates the social structure, and even the fundamental distinction between high and low culture is embedded in this bipartition. Significant differences in both cultural and social capital distinguish elite from nonelite positions; within this bipartition, pronounced differences in cultural capital separate high and low culture. Relative to cultural and social capital, economic capital plays a lesser role in understanding the social structure of cultural fields. KW - Economic capital KW - High culture KW - Writers KW - Social structures KW - Social capital KW - Literary criticism KW - Corporate culture KW - Cultural customs KW - Authors KW - Cultural groups Y1 - 1995 SN - 0002-9602 VL - 100 IS - 4 SP - 859 EP - 903 PB - University of Chicago Press CY - Chicago ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Romo, Frank P. A1 - Anheier, Helmut K. T1 - The Omega Phenomenon: The Social Infrastructure, Interpersonal Choice and the Social Periphery T2 - (The Russell Sage Foundation Working Papers; 16) Y1 - 1991 PB - Russell Sage Foundation CY - New York ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Romo, Frank P. A1 - Anheier, Helmut K. T1 - Success and Failure in Institutional Development T2 - When Things Go Wrong: Failures, Bankruptcies, and Breakdowns in Organizations Y1 - 1999 SN - 9780761910480 SP - 215 EP - 240 PB - Sage CY - Los Angeles [u.a.] ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Anheier, Helmut K. A1 - Romo, Frank P. T1 - Stalemate: A Study of Structural Failure T2 - When Things Go Wrong: Failures, Bankruptcies, and Breakdowns in Organizations Y1 - 1999 SN - 9780761910480 SP - 241 EP - 272 PB - Sage CY - Los Angeles [u.a.] ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Anheier, Helmut K. A1 - Romo, Frank P. T1 - Foundations in Germany and the United States: A Comparative Analysis T2 - Private Funds, Public Purpose: Philanthropic Foundations in International Perspectives Y1 - 1999 SN - 978-0306459474 SP - 79 EP - 118 PB - Springer CY - Berlin [u.a.] ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Anheier, Helmut K. A1 - Romo, Frank P. T1 - Democratic Organizational Development: Elite Control, Free Riders and the Social Infrastructure T2 - Politics, Society and Democracy: Comparative Studies; Essays in Honor of Juan Linz Y1 - 1995 SN - 978-0813385495 SP - 89 EP - 110 PB - Westview Press CY - Boulder, CO ER -