The study gives an empirical analysis of the formation of political orientations and sets of values of the youth in Hungary after the change of regime, and it seeks an answer to the question how we can explain the popularity of the political right amongst young people. The authors examine to what extent the trends and value orientations characteristic of the postindustrial societies can be observed in Hungary and to what extent they continue to be shaped by the hegemonic narratives of the state socialist past. Party preference does not necessarily imply commitment to a set of values amongst the youth; the parliamentary left can improve its position in this age group if it is able to formulate an alternative that gives concrete answers to the challenges of modern society (globalization, national identity, problems of employment).

Imre Kabai: Social stratification and life events. The Hungarian youth in the postindustrial age,
Új Mandátum Könyvkiadó, Budapest, 2005.

In Russia the Federal Security Service is again creating political provocative trials against "leftist terrorism." The author shows the legal and political fakeness and the political function of these trials embedded in the history of the created cases. The history of the examinations fits the Stalinist tradition just as it fits the preceding heritage of the tsarist secret service.

What do we think of the skinheads? The author shows that they have not always been fascist gangs and even today they are not necessarily fascists. Originally they came from the rebelling working-class youth with rather leftist views. The successors of the real skinheads today sharply oppose racism and fascism and stick to their original anarchist or communist ideas.