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eursr-literature-positioning

Use when positioning a European Sociological Review (ESR) manuscript against the literature so it reads as a contribution to a comparative, theory-driven quantitative debate rather than a national note. Stakes the contribution in a European sociological debate and names the closest prior estimates; it does not write the literature review.

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# Literature Positioning (eursr-literature-positioning)

An ESR paper must convince a comparative-minded quantitative audience that the contribution moves a
**live European debate** — about stratification, education, labor markets, family, migration, or
attitudes — and not just add a coefficient for one more country. Positioning places the paper in that
debate and shows precisely what it changes.

## When to trigger

- Drafting or revising the introduction and the contribution statement
- A reviewer said you "missed the European literature" or "don't engage the comparative debate"
- Your national citations are solid but the paper doesn't connect to the cross-national frontier
- Distinguishing your contribution from the closest prior estimates
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