SOC355H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 24: Social Capital, Cultural Capital, Structural Holes
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Anheier, gerhards, romo (1995) analyze one of the assumptions established by bourdieu in the consideration of cultural fields, namely that actors are positioned in a topography of social relations according to their acquired and capital. Their results show that the assumption is empirically justified such that there is differentiation in the cultural and social capital among elite and marginal writers. The authors found that social capital was a key factor contributing to the distinction and differentiation in social positions, elite and non-elite writers. Cultural capital led to the differences between periphery and non-periphery writers. Pen and in professional associations were the key contributors to social structure in cultural fields. The authors method included taking the population of cultural writers in from cologne, However, conducting the interviews to include a sample of the entire country may result in a greater diversity in the social positions present.