ingorohlfing, German 
"A Case for Description", in PS: Political Science & Politics https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/ps-political-science-and-politics/article/case-for-description/10BF54B50496C49CA82657D8FB966B2E
The article explains very well benefits of descriptive research. This is to be welcomed, but I think the lack of description in publications is not a lack of understanding of what it is good for. It is rather that causal research is seen as superior and the default research goal to have (for many journals at least). 1/ @politicalscience