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sf-literature-positioning

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Use when positioning a Social Forces (SF) manuscript against the literature so it reads as a contribution to a general social-science audience. Because SF caps the manuscript at 10,000 words including the reference list, positioning must be sharp and economical. Stakes the contribution; it does not write the lit review.

When to use

• Drafting or revising the introduction
• Revising the contribution paragraph
• Connecting subfield literature to broader social science
• Distinguishing contribution from closest prior papers
• Addressing reviewer feedback on missed work
• Naming the precise gap in the literature
• Positioning the contribution as a move in a debate

When not to use

• Writing the full literature review
• Creating a bibliography with no organizing debate
• Engaging only a narrow subfield
• Strawmanning prior work
• Making 'first to study' claims for incremental contributions

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