Theoretical research approach to the institute of international elections observation

The article is concerned with the institutionalism and neoinstitutionalism as theoretical approaches to the research of the institute of international elections observation. This study is built on the synthesis of fundamental and empirical knowledge, with an addition of structuralism, postmodernism and pragmatism to its conceptual base. The author proves that modern interpretation of institute of international election observation is on the one hand based on its autonomy and self-reliance in regard to the government authorities, but on the other hand on the necessity to function in full accordance to legal framework and established order.