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jop-theory-building
Use when turning a The Journal of Politics (JOP) idea into a theoretically innovative argument — formal/game-theoretic, empirical, or normative. JOP explicitly prizes theoretical innovation across all subfields and counts pages, so the argument must be sharp, general, and economical. Builds the argument; it does not run analyses.
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# Theory & Argument Building (jop-theory-building)
JOP advertises that it publishes **theoretically innovative** work and treats theory **broadly** —
formal, empirical, interpretive, and normative all qualify. This skill turns your idea into an argument
a general reader recognizes as new, and tight enough to fit the **page budget**.
## When to trigger
- Moving from "interesting finding" to "argument that contributes"
- Specifying mechanisms, assumptions, and observable implications
- A reviewer said the theory is "thin," "post hoc," or "not novel"
- Linking a formal model to its empirical or substantive test
## Build the argument (mode-aware)