Jose Manuel Ruano
Visiting Scholar Summer 2007
Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies (CILAS)

Area of Expertise: Ruano is an expert on policies for the reform of the State, governance and sub-national governments. He has participated in several international missions on public management reform.

Country of Expertise: Spain and Latin America

Project title: New Forms of Local Governance

Current Research Project
The project analyzes the creation of policy networks in the local field and the tensions of these governance structures with the democratic pre-requisities of representative democracy.

Academic Background
Ph.D. in Political Sciences and Sociology, currently lectures in Comparative Public Administration and Local Governance in the Department of Political and Administrative Sciences II (University Complutense of Madrid).

Selected Publications
Local Governance and Democratic Deficit, Reed Elsevier, London (2007)
L’autonomie des collectivites territoriales, PULIM, Limoges (2004)
Política y gestión multinivel, Septiembre ediciones, Oviedo (2004) (ed.)
Administraciones públicas españolas, McGraw Hill, Madrid (2002)