Ángel Iglesias Alonso is Professor of Political Science and Administration at the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos in Madrid. He has participated as principal investigator and researcher in numerous national (Spanish Ministry of Science) and international (EU-COST-H2020) competitive projects on local governments, and has published his results in numerous scientific articles in national and international indexed journals (JCR, Scopus) as well as in book chapters in European (Palgrave-McMillan, Nomos, etc.) and national (Tecnos, Dykinson, etc.) publishers. He has been a consultant to Spanish local governments in large and medium-sized cities.. He is a national prize winner in local government, awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Territorial Administrations and also won the Fernando Albi Prize in local government and administration, awarded by the provincial government of Alicante in Spain.

• Chapter​1. Introduction (Ángel Iglesias).- Chapter 2. The institutional architecture of local governments in Spain (Marta Méndez).- Chapter 3. Local governance in a context of multilevel governance (Ángel Valencia and Francisco Collado).-  Chapter 4. The problem of governance in metropolitan areas and small municipalities (Adela Romero and Ángel Iglesias).- Chapter 5. Inter-municipal cooperation (Marta Méndez).- Chapter 6. Structure of local government finance (Ángel Iglesias).- Chapter 7. Local elections and political leadership (Ángel Iglesias).- Chapter 8. Local governance in crisis situations: the case of the COVID 19 pandemic (Ángel Iglesias and Roberto Barbeito).- Chapter 9. The future of local governance in Spain in the European perspective (Ángel Iglesias).- Chapter 10. Conclusions.

Ángel Iglesias Alonso is Professor of Political Science and Administration at the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos in Madrid. He has participated as principal investigator and researcher in numerous national (Spanish Ministry of Science) and international (EU-COST-H2020) competitive projects on local governments, and has published his results in numerous scientific articles in national and international indexed journals (JCR, Scopus) as well as in book chapters in European (Palgrave-McMillan, Nomos, etc.) and national (Tecnos, Dykinson, etc.) publishers. He has been a consultant to Spanish local governments in large and medium-sized cities.. He is a national prize winner in local government, awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Territorial Administrations and also won the Fernando Albi Prize in local government and administration, awarded by the provincial government of Alicante in Spain.

• Chapter​1. Introduction (Ángel Iglesias).- Chapter 2. The institutional architecture of local governments in Spain (Marta Méndez).- Chapter 3. Local governance in a context of multilevel governance (Ángel Valencia and Francisco Collado).-  Chapter 4. The problem of governance in metropolitan areas and small municipalities (Adela Romero and Ángel Iglesias).- Chapter 5. Inter-municipal cooperation (Marta Méndez).- Chapter 6. Structure of local government finance (Ángel Iglesias).- Chapter 7. Local elections and political leadership (Ángel Iglesias).- Chapter 8. Local governance in crisis situations: the case of the COVID 19 pandemic (Ángel Iglesias and Roberto Barbeito).- Chapter 9. The future of local governance in Spain in the European perspective (Ángel Iglesias).- Chapter 10. Conclusions.

Ángel Iglesias Alonso is Professor of Political Science and Administration at the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos in Madrid. He has participated as principal investigator and researcher in numerous national (Spanish Ministry of Science) and international (EU-COST-H2020) competitive projects on local governments, and has published his results in numerous scientific articles in national and international indexed journals (JCR, Scopus) as well as in book chapters in European (Palgrave-McMillan, Nomos, etc.) and national (Tecnos, Dykinson, etc.) publishers. He has been a consultant to Spanish local governments in large and medium-sized cities.. He is a national prize winner in local government, awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Territorial Administrations and also won the Fernando Albi Prize in local government and administration, awarded by the provincial government of Alicante in Spain.

• Chapter​1. Introduction (Ángel Iglesias).- Chapter 2. The institutional architecture of local governments in Spain (Marta Méndez).- Chapter 3. Local governance in a context of multilevel governance (Ángel Valencia and Francisco Collado).-  Chapter 4. The problem of governance in metropolitan areas and small municipalities (Adela Romero and Ángel Iglesias).- Chapter 5. Inter-municipal cooperation (Marta Méndez).- Chapter 6. Structure of local government finance (Ángel Iglesias).- Chapter 7. Local elections and political leadership (Ángel Iglesias).- Chapter 8. Local governance in crisis situations: the case of the COVID 19 pandemic (Ángel Iglesias and Roberto Barbeito).- Chapter 9. The future of local governance in Spain in the European perspective (Ángel Iglesias).- Chapter 10. Conclusions.