@misc{Kozierska_Joanna_Koalicje_2022,
 author={Kozierska, Joanna},
 copyright={Copyright by Institute of Political Science of the University of Wrocław},
 address={Wrocław},
 howpublished={online},
 year={2022},
 publisher={Instytut Politologii Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego},
 language={pol},
 abstract={From the early 1990s, the Polish party system was characterised by extreme instability. At that time, many new but mostly relatively small parties were formed. The duration of their functioning was quite limited. And although the situation has stabilised somewhat over time – since 2005 we have seen the dominance of two formations in the parliamentary arena: Civic Platform and Law and Justice – one can still observe the emergence of more new parties. The number of parties in the Sejm and the distribution of votes among the electorate mean that the winners of the elections do not manage to govern unassisted and have to look for coalition partners to ensure stable governments. As many as seventeen of the twenty cabinets that have been formed in Poland since 1991 should be considered coalition cabinets. They consisted of six entities that we can describe as senior and twelve junior parties. The chapter answers the questions of what the costs of joining coalition governments entail and how risky it is to take on the role of a coalition partner of the big players.},
 title={Koalicje gabinetowe w Polsce. Ryzykowna gra partii dopełniających},
 type={text},
 doi={10.34616/145429},
 keywords={cabinet coalitions, senior parties, junior parties, party system, Poland},
}