Önellátás és piaci integráció: piaci viselkedésformák egy Kis-Küküllő menti településen
Self-Sufficiency and Market Integration: Forms of Market Behaviour in a Transylvanian Village

Summary/Abstract: In this article I discuss the role of the market on the different branches of the agriculture in a Transylvanian village analyzing the complex forms of the market and market behaviour that exist in this rural settlement. Regarding the links between agricultural production and the market the article delimitates three behavioural patterns, namely self-suffi ciency, partial market integration and dominant market integration (differentiating the locations where farmers place their products, too), arguing that in fact these patterns may be found many times in the same households and there are no clear forms of market behaviour. In concordance I argue also that self-suffi ciency is not more than a scientifi c tool used in the description of traditional economies but it does not really exist, and self-suffi ciency and market are not opposed, but on the contrary, they complement each other. Consequently the article tries to demonstrate that the peasant farming depends in many ways - both in its consumption and production - on the market and that the market effects in fact mean inequalities.

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