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asr-literature-positioning
Use when positioning an American Sociological Review (ASR) manuscript against the literature so it reads as a broad sociological contribution rather than a subfield note. Stakes the contribution in a debate that travels across sociology; it does not write the literature review.
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# Literature Positioning (asr-literature-positioning)
An ASR paper has to convince sociologists beyond its niche that the contribution matters. Positioning
places the paper in a **sociological debate** — about inequality, culture, institutions, mechanisms —
that a general reader recognizes, and shows precisely what the paper changes.
## When to trigger
- Drafting or revising the introduction and the contribution statement
- A reviewer said you "missed key work" or "don't engage the broader debate"
- Your subfield citations are solid but the paper doesn't connect to general sociology
- Distinguishing your contribution from the closest prior studies
## How ASR wants the literature engaged