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soctheory-theory-construction
Use when building the actual theory for a Sociological Theory (ST) manuscript — turning a positioned problem into defined concepts, explicit mechanisms, internally consistent propositions, and scope conditions. Constructs the theory; it does NOT stress-test the argument's validity against rivals (soctheory-argument-development) or set the domain limits (soctheory-boundary-conditions).
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# Theory Construction: Concepts, Mechanisms, Propositions (soctheory-theory-construction)
## When to trigger
- The problem and tradition are set; now you must build the theory
- You have propositions but no defined concepts underneath them
- Your relationships are asserted, not derived from a mechanism
- The theory's internal pieces do not yet hang together consistently
## The build order
ST theory is assembled in a disciplined sequence. Skipping a step is the most common reason a
draft reads as "assertions, not theory." This is **theory construction** in Abend's formal
sense (ST 2008, 26(2):173–199) — the explicit work of making concepts and their relations.