I also make a call for more of what I call "place-based political science." Yes, politics is increasingly nationalized, but there's a great deal to to be learned by examining the experience of specific people & places. Journalists know this. Sometimes academics need to be reminded.

Appreciate the editors at the Forum (and the reviewers) for seeing the value in a paper that's slightly out of step with the norms in the discipline (and, truth be told, slightly out of the norm for me). /