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soctheory-contribution-framing
Use when articulating the theoretical contribution of a Sociological Theory (ST) manuscript — naming the new way of seeing it provides and differentiating it from prior theory. Frames the contribution; it does NOT build the theory (soctheory-theory-construction) or audit its reasoning (soctheory-argument-development).
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# Contribution Framing: What New Way of Seeing (soctheory-contribution-framing)
## When to trigger
- The theory is built and the argument is valid, but the "contribution" is vague
- A reviewer would write "I don't see what's new here"
- Your contribution paragraph restates the propositions instead of differentiating them
- You cannot say, in one sentence, what sociologists can now see that they could not
## The ST contribution bar
At a theory journal the contribution is **a conceptual advance** — a new way of seeing.
Abend's "The Meaning of 'Theory'" (ST 2008, 26(2):173–199) is the reminder to be precise about
*which* kind of advance you claim: a new substantive theory, a re-read tradition (history of