David Joins Goliath. The Role of the Institutional Infrastructure in Centre–Periphery Dynamics Between Subfields
研究澳大利亚葡萄酒产业如何从边缘位置利用制度基础设施(专业网络、比赛、评论家)重塑整个领域的中心-边缘秩序,揭示了伪装偏离、侵入和整合三种机制。
This study explores how Australian winemaking, once considered peripheral, came to influence the entire field and reshape its shared meanings and practices. Although subfields are often assumed to remain at the margins of their fields, our historical analysis shows how Australia drew on elements of its institutional infrastructure – such as professional networks, wine competitions and critics – to reconfigure the centre-periphery order of the field. We identify three mechanisms driving this process: camouflaged deviance, encroachment and integration. These findings highlight the role of subfield dynamics in driving field evolution, the role of the institutional infrastructure in that process and how we understand subfields.