The edited version of the discussion held at the Friends of Eszmelet Society traces the reasons and features of the transformation of contemporary football focusing on developments in the UK, US and East Europe.

The perestroika announced by Gorbachev and the – also opaque meaning – change by Obama although designed to solve problems of very different societies and economies but still have parallel features. Both can be associated with forced reforms: with an obvious result concerning perestroika but with hardly a beginning of Obama's change.

According to the article launching our new column the systemic change in Hungary made a historic turn-point changing the character of theatre life. It appeared as the object of aesthetics but also as an aspect of the structured complexity of theatre and society.