Self-sufficiency of the house is practiced in many parts of the world but ignored in economic theory, just as socialist collectivization is assumed to have brought household self-sufficiency to an end. The ideals of self-sufficiency, however, continue to shape economic activity in a wide range...

The article contributes to the understanding of neo-endogenous rural development from the perspective of evolutionary game theory. Rural development is modelled as the increasing realisation over time of gains from interaction by rural stakeholders. The model exhibits two dynamically stable...

Hauptzielrichtung des Arbeitskreises ist die Suche nach tragfähigen Ansätzen für eine regionale Entwicklung in ländlichen Räumen, die ökologischen, ökonomischen und sozialen Aspekten gleichermaßen Rechnung trägt. Der Arbeitskreis hat sich bei seinen Arbeiten auf ein "moderates" Konzept...