Dr. John Mill Ackerman Rose is an author as well as a professor at the Institute of Legal Research of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) and vice president of the International Association of Administrative Law. He received his MA and PhD in Political Sociology from the University of California, Santa Cruz

University of California, Santa Cruz

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. He has contributed to international newspapers such as Proceso

Proceso (magazine)

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, La Jornada

La Jornada

La Jornada is one of Mexico City's leading daily newspapers. It was established in 1984 by Carlos Payán Velver. The current editor is Carmen Lira Saade...

, El Universal, Reforma

Reforma

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 of Mexico, The New York Times

The New York Times

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, Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times

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, Chicago Tribune

Chicago Tribune

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, San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco Chronicle

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, Houston Chronicle

Houston Chronicle

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, San Diego Union-Tribune in the United States and The Guardian

The Guardian

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 in the United Kingdom on the topics of corruption control, elections, transparency, accountability, autonomous institutions and citizen participation. He has also published research results in World Development, Administrative Law Review

Administrative Law Review

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, Boletín Mexicano de Derecho Comparado, Mexican Law Review, Gestión y Política Pública, Perfiles Latinoamericanos. He has also served as a senior consultant for the World Bank

World Bank

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 as well as a consultant for the United States Agency for International Development

United States Agency for International Development

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, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

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, PNUD, Global Integrity

Global Integrity

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, Open Society Institute

Open Society Institute

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, International Budget Partnership, Secretary of the Public Function, United Nations Development Programme

United Nations Development Programme

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, Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation

Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation

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, the Chamber of Deputies and for the Head of Government of the Federal District

Head of Government of the Federal District

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.

He is the son of noted political scientist Bruce Ackerman

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.

Publications

• Social Accountability in the Public Sector: A Conceptual Discussion (World Bank
  World Bank
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  , 2005)
• Leyes de acceso a la información pública en el mundo (Instituto Federal de Acceso a la Información Pública, 2005)
• Estructura institucional para la rendición de cuentas: Lecciones internacionales y reformas futuras (Auditoría Superior de la Federación, 2006)
• Organismos autónomos y democracia: el caso de México (Siglo XXI Editores-Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas, UNAM, 2007)
• Más allá del acceso a la información: Transparencia, rendición de cuentas y Estado de Derecho (Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas, UNAM-Cámara de Diputados-Siglo XXI Editores-Univ. de Guadalajara-CETA, 2008)

Sources

• Profile at the Institute of Legal Research
• Profile at The Guardian
  The Guardian
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   (UK)
• Profile at Yale University
  Yale University
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