State socialism consolidated the living conditions of the roma in many sense. They, however, become later the main victim group of the economic transformation following 1989. In recent years, the establishment of self-government has been a big step forward, the lack of resources however generated a fight between various roma groupings.

The authors discuss the flaws that result from the SSA theory's lack of attention to the role that race and gender play in the US post-World War II capitalist economy. They claim that incorporating race and gender more fundamentally into SSA analysis would offer both a more complete and robust theory and a better handle on strategy for social change.

Recently the Hungarian ministry of defence bought one hundred tanks from the government of Belarus. The deal violated several items of the law. This is, however, not an isolated case, i.e. the citizens have no guarantees that similar violations do not happen in other areas.