THE POLITICAL OPPOSITION: THEORETICAL PROBLEMS

Abstract In the present article, the fundamental theoretical analyses of the political opposition are subject to interpretation at the level of its definitions and its place and role in the political process. The author systematizes the main classifications and models of the political opposition. An author’s definition of the oppositions is offered and some fundamental conclusions and generalizations are made, connected with the need for future theoretical analyses and empirical research.References: 1. Василевский, П. Теоретико-методологические аспекты изучения феномена политической оппозиции (2018) - https://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/teoretiko-metodologicheskie-aspekty-izucheniya-fenomena-politicheskoy-oppozitsii. (Accessed: 03 June 2022) 2. Пономарева, В.В. Ins and Outs: Институт парламентской оппозиции в Великобритании 3. XVIII в., в: Правоведение, 2002, № 3. 4. Рыжикова, Е. Политическая оппозиция: определение, сущность, подходы к изучению (2021) - https://zaochnik.com/spravochnik/sotsiologija/politicheskaja-sotsiologija/politicheskaja-oppozitsija/. (Accessed: 03 July 2022) 5. Татаркова, Д.Ю. Оппозиция: суть политического феномена, в: Вестник РУДН, серия Политология, 2013, № 3. 6. Brack, N., Weinblum, Sh. What do we mean by "political opposition": a theoretical perspective (2009) https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:ODYYetPq6owJ:https://dipot.ulb.ac.be/dspace/bitstream/2013/44841/1/what%2520do%2520we%2520m (Accessed: 01 July 2022) 7. Dahl, R. Pluralistic democracy in the United States: conflict and consent, Publisher: Chicago, Rand McNally, 1967. 8. Dahl, R. Political Oppositions in Western Democracies, Published by New Haven / London, Yale University Press., 1966. 9. Ionescu, G. and de Madariaga I. Opposition - Past and Present of a Political Institution, London, The New Thinker Library, 1968. 10. Sartori, G. Opposition and Control Problems and Prospects, Government and Opposition, vol.1, n°1, 1966. 11. Schapiro, L. (dir.), Political Opposition in one-party States, London, Macmillan, 1972 12. Schapiro, L. "Foreword" in Government and Opposition, vol.1, n°1, 1966. 13. Tokes, R. (Editor), Opposition in Eastern Europe, Johns Hopkins Univ. Pr., 1979