Non-system opposition
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. In modern Russian political terminology, the non-system opposition or non-systemic opposition (Russian: внесистемная оппозиция) are oppositional forces which operate outside of the official political establishment. Alternatively, the systemic opposition operates in the form of registered political parties.[1][2]
There are two major reasons of the existence of the non-system opposition. First, the Russian Law on Political Parties sets a high threshold for a political party to be registered for the participation in elections, the highest hurdle being the requirement to have at least 45,000 members.[1] Second, a number of activists, such as Garry Kasparov and Vladimir Bukovsky are in principle against registration, saying that the registration itself is a de facto a "vassal oath of allegiance to the authorities".[2]
Some observers say that the nonsystem/system dichotomy, i.e., based on a formal criterion, becomes outdated; the real dichotomy should be whether the political force is non-conformist or conformist.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Russian opposition: inside or outside the system?, Grigorii Golosov, September 1, 2011 (retrieved February 8, 2015)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Оппозиция: новая система координат", Иван Тютрин, Александр Лукьянов, February 24, 2012 (retrieved February 8, 2015)
Further reading
- КОЗОДОЙ ВИКТОР ИВАНОВИЧ, "СТАНОВЛЕНИЕ ПОЛИТИЧЕСКОЙ ОППОЗИЦИИ В РОССИИ: ИСТОРИЧЕСКИЙ ОПЫТ" ("Formation of the Political Opposition in Russia: Historical Perspective"), Известия Российского государственного педагогического университета им. А.И. Герцена, no. 57, 2008, pp. 199–204
- МЕДВЕДЕВ Н.П., БОРИСЕНКО А.В., "НЕСИСТЕМНАЯ ОППОЗИЦИЯ В ПОЛИТИЧЕСКОМ ПРОСТРАНСТВЕ СОВРЕМЕННОЙ РОССИИ" ("Non-System Opposition in the Political Space of Modern Russia"), Научные ведомости Белгородского государственного университета. Серия: История. Политология. Экономика. Информатика, no 8, vol. 4, 2007, pp. 150–155
