The governments led by the right of centre, nationalist József Antall and Péter Boross (1990-1994), produced a fragmented and unviable structure in Hungarian agriculture. This sector now represents a heavy burden on the government budget. It also makes more difficult to modernize other sectors of the economy, and also to integrate the Hungarian economy into the European Union. A major task is for the left to present an alternative in the agricultural sector.

Inequalities emerging in the sphere of education, and particuarly higher education, illustrate strikingly the dramatic changes that have taken place within the structure of Hungarian society. Recent reform initiatives do not improve but if possible deteriorate the situation of those excluded from quality and higher education. (The article is a written version of a lecture at College for Social Theory, April 1997.)

One of the current tasks of the Hungárián government is to teach the people how to love NATO. The article gives an overview of the often astonishing instruments of this PR-strategy.

A book written by Erzsébet Szalai is a first attempt to present a comprehensive volume about the transformation of employee representation in Hungary, starting with the movement of workers' councils. The reviewer was part of the movement that launched the workers' councils, and comments the volume from the point of view of the eyewitness and the historian.