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Use when deciding whether a project fits World Politics and whether it should be a research article or a review article. World Politics is a comparative-politics + international-relations specialist, so the test is a substantive question that travels across cases or systems — not subfield novelty, and not a single-case description. Helps frame the question; it does not collect data.

When to use

• Choosing among possible projects or framings for a World Politics submission
• Deciding between a research article and a review article
• Pressure-testing fit before investing in a project
• Reframing topics that feel too case-specific
• Evaluating if a topic is out of scope

When not to use

• Collecting data
• Subfield novelty without cross-case travel
• Single-case description without general mechanism
• Opinion or policy pieces
• Stand-alone political theory
• Historical articles
• Current-affairs or journalistic narratives

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