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The article deals with the latest presidential election in Belarus in March 2006. More specifically, the aim of the text is to focus on its legitimization function in the context of Lukashenka's non-democratic regime & its stability. This goal is based on an assumption that the election's role lies not only in its formal, but also in its factual confirmation of the regime legitimacy. An assessment of this presumption is made by means of an analysis of the formal setting of the election & its administration, by definition of the role of participating actors (governmental, formal & factual ones) & the Belarusian electorate, & by the final categorization of confirmed legitimacy. Adapted from the source document.

The topic of this paper is the term opposition, both its definition and its role as a factor in the functioning of non-democratic regimes. The paper tries to conceptualize the term in the context of non-democratic regimes, to compare it with its general definition (formulated with the consolidated democracy as its research framework) and to evaluate selected existing theories that occupy themselves with the question of opposition in non-democratic regimes. The aim of the paper is to identify problematic aspects of existing theories of "opposition" and to evaluate the possibilities and limitations of the term, and theories related to it, for analysing the functioning of non-democratic regimes.

The topic of this paper is the term opposition, both its definition and its role as a factor in the functioning of non-democratic regimes. The paper tries to conceptualize the term in the context of non-democratic regimes, to compare it with its general definition (formulated with the consolidated democracy as its research framework) and to evaluate selected existing theories that occupy themselves with the question of opposition in non-democratic regimes. The aim of the paper is to identify problematic aspects of existing theories of "opposition" and to evaluate the possibilities and limitations of the term, and theories related to it, for analysing the functioning of non-democratic regimes. Adapted from the source document.