EDITOR´S INTRODUCTION

Abstract

The first issue of the Journal of Public Governance and Policy: Latin American Review publishes a couple of articles on Health System Reforms and Performance in Chile and Mexico, and two case studies on Metropolitan Governance (Guadalajara), and on the role of citizenship in the Public Spaces Rescue Program (Western Mexico) as well. A new section is also introduced in the current issue, that we call Essays, in which authors address public subjects of overarch-ing scope explaining its policy and governance implications. In this issue a group of researchers writes on Governance, Transparency and Fiscal Responsibility. The reviewed book is Democratic Governance in Latin America (2010).