The comprehensive study applies a new analytical framework inspired by globalisation, unifying the 'anthropology of global systems' with the traditional Marxist class analysis on examining the historical role of the capital dynamics. It sets a parallel between the supremacy of Dutch capital over England at the end of the 17th century followed by an anti-oligarch rebel in the Netherlands and the present neoliberal globalisation followed by neo-national rebels after 1989, especially looking into the similarities between the structurally different Netherlands and Hungary.

Women were prominently present in anti-dictatorship movements in Latin-America, and the aim of gender equality was naturally connected to the fight for human rights. The past two decades brought relevant changes in the situation for women, which can be attributed to the leftist political turn on the continent. Nevertheless, the improvement is scattered: the advance is substantial concerning economic areas and education but the improvement is slow on the violence against women, and reactionary tendencies also can be found concerning reproductive rights even in countries under leftist governments.