Formation of Government Coalition in Westminster Democracies: Towards a Network Approach

The authors include elements of social network analysis into the classical neo-institutional theories of the government coalition formation process. They verify the benefits and accuracy of this modified analytical model in the analysis of three deviant cases of coalition formation: in Canada (2008), Great Britain (2010) and New Zealand (2017).

Andrzej Antoszewski is a professor of political science at the University of Wroclaw. His research centres on the fields of comparative politics, parties and parties systems, and theories of democracy.

Przemyslaw Żukiewicz is a professor of comparative politics at the University of Wroclaw.

Mateusz Zieliński is an assistant professor at　the University of Wroclaw. In his works, he tries to popularise network studies in political science. He is also interested in new theories of political representation.

Katarzyna Domagala is a PhD candidate at the University of Wroclaw. In her research, she focuses on the application of social network analysis in political science. She is interested in Westminster systems’ and Balkan studies.