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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1. VerfasserIn: Ruedin, Didier (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Cogitatio Press 2021
In: Social Inclusion
Jahr: 2021, Band: 9, Heft: 1, Seiten: 182-185
weitere Schlagwörter:B Decision-making
B Narratives
B Africa
B Immigration
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Zusammenfassung: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.
ISSN:2183-2803
Enthält:Enthalten in: Social Inclusion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.17645/si.v9i1.4076