They must overcome massive institutional resistance," he said.

But any major restructuring will meet formidable institutional resistance.

They argued that an outsider was needed to overcome the force's strong institutional resistance to corruption investigations.

Zhang Juzheng's fiscal policies met with only mixed success, due to the institutional resistance to his reforms.

Such attitudes seem to underlie the institutional and bureaucratic resistance that has slowed change across the board.

Another, institutional resistance comes from the lingering Teutonic tint of musicology.

There is still institutional resistance to women at some companies.

There is still an institutional resistance to radical reform of food aid policies.

Yet this struggle is simultaneously defensive, a holding of ground in response to institutional resistance to her determination to belong.

The apprehension of the California bishops over the survey is one gauge of institutional resistance to change.