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Decision-making processes are both, ubiquitous and contingent. They can be described as social action, communicative act, or cultural technique. Most importantly, they need to be analyzed as historically and culturally embedded.
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Stollberg-Rilinger, B. (2019). Decision. In: Paul, H. (eds) Critical Terms in Futures Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28987-4_12
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