20.500.12556/RUL-179317 History written by the losers? Small parties in European governments 1990–2019 Zgodovina, ki jo pišejo poraženci? This paper seeks to identify the determinants of the successes (government entry) of small political parties in 21 European states. Although the term small party is used quite regularly the borders between small, medium or large parties are not precisely delineated. To overcome this problem, I propose an original mathematical formula to select the group of 26 small parties based on the same criteria in 21 European states. Having this sample, I analyse all coalition cabinets to which these parties were invited as the junior partners. The main goal in this paper is to explain the causes of these parties' presence in the governments and explore the determinants of the portfolio allocations by combining quantitative (i.e. Banzhaf Power Index) and qualitative (ideological distance) measures. Some of the conclusions confirm previous findings (disproportional portfolio allocation which favours small parties) and some only partially overlap with the conclusions drawn in the previous studies (the relation between the number of potential/ alternative collaborators and the likelihood that the small party becomes the coalition member). This study deals with the cases from Central and East European States, and Western Europe. Prispevek skuša identificirati dejavnike uspeha (vstop v vlado) majhnih političnih strank v 21 evropskih državah. Čeprav se izraz majhna stranka precej pogosto uporablja, meje med majhnimi, srednjimi ali velikimi strankami niso natančno začrtane. Da bi rešili to težavo, predlagamo izvirno matematično formulo za izbiro skupine 26 majhnih strank na podlagi istih meril v 21 evropskih državah. Na tem vzorcu analiziramo vse koalicijske vlade, v katere so bile te stranke povabljene kot manjši partnerji. Glavni cilj prispevka je razložiti vzroke za prisotnost majhnih strank v vladah in raziskati determinante dodeljevanja ministrstev s kombinacijo kvantitativnih (tj. Banzhafov indeks moči) in kvalitativnih (ideološka distanca) meritev. Nekateri zaključki potrjujejo dosedanje ugotovitve (nesorazmerna razdelitev ministrskih mest v korist majhnih strank), nekateri pa se le delno prekrivajo z zaključki prejšnjih študij (razmerje med številom potencialnih/alternativnih sodelavcev in verjetnostjo, da majhna stranka postane koalicijska stranka). Študija obravnava primere iz držav srednje, vzhodne in zahodne Evrope. small parties government representation European states male stranke vladno predstavništvo evropske države true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2026-02-10 15:56:11 2026-02-10 15:56:19 2026-02-12 03:55:02 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2025 0 0 Str. 5-20 no. 1 Vol. 18 Jan. 2025 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 329(4) 1338-1385 267896067 2025-11-Sula.pdf 2025-11-Sula.pdf 1 3BF61E6008B649663061D7E108AD78E4 07e0c33d6cca34958cfd902ddc2ee0cf2f0ee20eb7d068019464dbd3c46d3190 1b9af2d2-0691-11f1-a1ba-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=227719 https://www.jofcp.org/assets/jcp/Articles-2025/2025-11-Sula.pdf 0 6db68a0e-0691-11f1-a1ba-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=227722 Fakulteta za družbene vede Journal of comparative politics 0 0 0