Bewältigungsstrategien alternativen Wirtschaftens

How do you set a counterpoint to capitalism? Community supported agriculture has developed coping strategies which enable it to bridge the contradictions between social and economic requirements. It can thus bind its members and make itself less dependent on competition and price pressure. In this way, it differs from historical countermovements. This empirical study is based on a survey in Germany. Its economic–sociological approach focuses on economic action as social action and asks about the intended meaning of this, the conflicts in this respect and the strategies for resolving them. Therefore, the work shows alternative modes of action within capitalism.