Decision-Making Under Uncertainty: African Migrants in the Spotlight
This thematic issue examines questions of decision-making under limited (and contradictory) information, focusing on migration decisions. Migrants are far from a homogenous population, but they commonly use narratives as heuristics. We observe much agency among migrants to pursue migration plans, wi...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cogitatio Press
2021
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Social Inclusion
Year: 2021, Volume: 9, Issue: 1, Pages: 182-185 |
| Further subjects: | B
Decision-making
B Narratives B Africa B Immigration |
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| Summary: | This thematic issue examines questions of decision-making under limited (and contradictory) information, focusing on migration decisions. Migrants are far from a homogenous population, but they commonly use narratives as heuristics. We observe much agency among migrants to pursue migration plans, with migration decisions best understood as chains of multiple decisions rather than simple push-pull or two-step models. |
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| ISSN: | 2183-2803 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Social Inclusion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.17645/si.v9i1.4076 |