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cps-literature-positioning
Use when positioning a Comparative Political Studies (CPS) manuscript against the comparative-politics literature and the rival explanations it must beat. Sharpens the gap and the engaged debate; it does not build the theory or design the study.
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# Literature Positioning (cps-literature-positioning)
A CPS paper earns space by moving a **comparative-politics debate**, not by citing everything. Position
the paper so a comparativist immediately sees the gap, the rival accounts, and what your paper adds.
CPS spans several literatures (regimes, institutions, behavior, ethnic politics & conflict, comparative
political economy, parties & elections) — engage the *right* one(s) deeply rather than all shallowly.
## When to trigger
- Writing or rewriting the literature/positioning section or the introduction's "gap" paragraph
- A reviewer said the paper "doesn't engage the relevant comparative literature" or "reinvents a known result"
- You cannot name the single strongest rival explanation your design must rule out
- The paper cites broadly but does not locate itself in a specific debate
