The cycle of increasing instability within the coalition governmentZajc, Drago (Avtor) The research of coalition behaviour conducted in recent years has incorporated the dynamic approach which enables the study of the relationship between coalition behaviour and external events. The case study of Slovenia shows a close relationship between various economic events, such as the economic crisis and the destabilization of coalitions in the period from 2008 to 2014. The impact of economic indicators diminished the possibility of regular or strategic elections, and increased the likelihood of early elections or change of the coalition government without elections. The study also presents some additional factors of destabilization which could not be properly measured, such as the changes of support to the parties, conflicts among the coalition partners or within individual partner parties, or the policies of supranational organizations. Additionally, we observed that minimum winning coalitions with a greater number of partner parties represented a greater risk for the stability of coalition governments, while the left-wing coalitions were more likely to be dissolved than the right-wing. Such developments in Slovenia occurring during the economic crisis could be compared to those taking place in several other Central European (old and new democratic) countries.20152016-09-15 03:33:27Delo ni kategorizirano85253sl