Esfera Pública. Journal on Governance and Society is a venue for disseminating knowledge in the disciplinary field concerned with the public realm – that is, topics on government, management, and public policy – with an emphasis on territorial studies and the local level.
We are a digital, open-access periodical published by El Colegio de Jalisco. Our aim is to disseminate research and analysis on government, management, and public policy. We subscribe to the open-science paradigm: the journal positions itself as a flexible platform dedicated to communicating newly generated knowledge so that it is openly available, accessible, and potentially reusable in future research.
We are proud to count, on our scientific and editorial boards, the support of highly distinguished scholars who lead research on these subjects across Latin America and the Iberian Peninsula.
Current Issue
Vol. 4 No. 7 (2026)
Issue 7 of Esfera Pública: Revista en Gobernanza y Sociedad features a special contribution by Rocío Huerta Cuervo on the social impact of public spending in Mexico’s local governments. The research articles address key themes around democratic governance, the participation of social actors, institutional and electoral mechanisms, and sustainability. The issue also engages with socially sensitive topics such as quality of life, youth policy, and the phenomenon of disappearances in Mexico. With this issue, we also inaugurate our continuous publication modality, which allows us to share findings and debates as soon as they are peer-reviewed and edited, keeping the scholarly conversation fresher and closer to the moment of research and analysis. We invite readers to follow the contributions that will be published throughout this period.
Published: 2026-01-01
Special Contributions
Scientific articles
Academic essays
Outreach
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Issue 7 (January – June 2026) is now available and is being published under a continuous publication modality. |
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Esfera Pública is an academic journal committed to the highest scholarly standards. Research submissions are evaluated by at least two academic peers through a double-blind review process, with reviewers from the country’s most prestigious higher-education institutions. We also publish outreach pieces in multiple genres such as special contributions, book reviews, and public management experiences, among others.
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Esfera Pública: Journal of Governance and Society is an open-access publication under the Creative Commons CC BY-NC International License
