Abstract From the end of nineteenth century to mid-twentieth century, gangs and secret societies ( banghui ) exercised enormous influence on Chinese society politics. The two portrayals in historiography – as modern criminal syndicates that came out an emerging capitalist economy or, alternatively, a cultural succession traditional are so distinct their proponents often speak past each other. R...

Changing our unsustainable linear water management pattern is necessary to face growing global challenges. This article proposes an integrated framework analyse and understand the role of different contextual conditions in possible transition towards circularity. Our combines a systematic multi-level perspective explore system institutional work theory for technology legitimation. The consists ...

• Articulation of commencement speeches in US colleges through legitimating strategies. Legitimation at the crossroads Critical Discourse Analysis and Metaphor Analysis. Multifunctional nature metaphors colleges’ speeches. Meritocracy common good as core values narrative American Dream. Following an interdisciplinary approach anchored (CDA) (CMA), this article focuses on a genre which has flour...