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On the role of cultures of (out-)migration in the migration decisions of young people in shrinking regions of Central Germany
Department of Geography, TU Dresden, Dresden, 01069, Germany
Tim Leibert
Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography, Leipzig, 04328, Germany
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Based on a critique of statistical and cartographic analyses of migration patterns of young adults in rural areas of Central Germany, we conclude that there is an emergence of cultures of (out-)migration in some rural regions and discuss possible approaches from psychoanalytically informed migration research and complex systems theory that may help us to understand why, in these regions, adolescents often consider leaving the most viable option.
Based on a critique of statistical and cartographic analyses of migration patterns of young...
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