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.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill cps-literature-positioning --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# 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 ## Positioning logic (in order) 1. **Name the debate.** One identifiable comparative-politics conversation (e.g., institutional vs. structural accounts of regime survival; supply- vs. demand-side explanations of ethnic voting). 2. **State the standing answer and its limits.** What does the literature currently believe, and where is it incomplete, con
- When to trigger
- Positioning logic (in order)
- Engaging the right literatures
- Comparative debate map
- Checklist
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
- Supplementary resources
What does the cps-literature-positioning skill do?
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.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill cps-literature-positioning --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, a repository with 909 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.