The plurality of actors involved in public policies is a healthy feature of democracies. However, there are important differences among them. What explains these differences and what does this imply for democratic functioning? My research on this topic has two main focus NGOs in the policy process and more in general interest groups and their access to diferent policy arenas.
hearings throughout the legislatures.
and climate change in 2020.
High Courts of Justice and Supreme Court in Spain from 1988 to 2017 (%).
before the Spanish Supreme Court (2009-2015).
Official Development Aid in millions of Euros.
and aid projects (1960–2012).
Publications >
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Muñoz, Luz and Guerrero-Orué, Noemí
NGO's as policy analysis partners in Spain: from invisibility to expansion, en Chaqués-Bonafont, L and Jordana, J. (ed) Policy analysis in Spain, Bristol University Press, pp.
2022
Muñoz, Luz
La Pandemia de Covid-19 en el radar de las ONG ecologistas: entre lo global y local, Revista Española de Ciencia Política, 57:139-164.
2021
Muñoz, Luz and Moya, David
“Creating Space for Supranational Law: Environmental Legal Mobilization and Spanish NGOs.” In Research Handbook on Law and Courts, edited by S. Sterett and L. Walker, 320–34. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar
2019
Muñoz, Luz, and Moya, David
NGOs environmental legal mobilization and their access to the Spanish Supreme Court. Oñati Socio-legal Series.
2018
Muñoz, Luz and Zavala, Antonio,
"New ways of civil society in Latin-American: strategic litigation in health rights", Revue Miroirs, Université Toulouse 1 Capitole Université
2017
Muñoz, Luz
“The relevance of organizational structure to NGOs' approaches to the policy process”, Voluntas. The International Journal of the Third Sector, 27(1): 465- 486.
2016
Muñoz Luz and Vilanova, Pere
“La politización de las Organizaciones Internacionales como proceso” (with Pere Vilanova), Revista Española de Ciencia Política, 40: 139-160.
2016
Muñoz, Luz
“El impacto de la regulación estatal en las ONG de Desarrollo en España”, Revista de Estudios Políticos, 171: 193-222.
2016
Muñoz, Luz
“Las ONG en la política de cooperación al desarrollo”, in Medina, Muñoz i Molins (eds): Los grupos de interés en España. La influencia de los lobbies en la política española, Madrid: Tecnos.
2016
Muñoz, Luz
“A vueltas con las ONG: perspectivas teóricas sobre su papel en el proceso político”, Revista Mexicana de Análisis Político y Administración Pública, 3(2): 277-297.
2014
Muñoz, Luz
“Treinta años de cooperación al desarrollo en España: análisis de la continuidad y cambio en las políticas públicas”, Revista Mexicana de Análisis Político y Administración Pública, Vol. 2 (2): 83-111
2013
Work in progress
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Orué, Muñoz, Coma i Puig
"The logic behind NGOs’ aid allocation: a complex choice entrenched in past decisions.
2025
Muñoz, Luz and Ciornei, Irina
Does Nonprofits' Participation in Policy Formulation Facilitate Their Involvement in Implementation?

