Abstract

The article is devoted to the research of institutional principles of political opposition activity in democracies. The process of political opposition origin and development conception in political theory is researched. Political opposition activity factors and conditions are defied and described. The conditions of institutionalization of the political opposition are described. Main stage of political opposition development in Ukraine is defied. The author formulates the defiition of the “true” political opposition on the contemporary stage development of the political opposition in Ukraine. The conclusions are made and the practical guidelines are formulated on the basis of research outcomes.