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\"\"Position:<\/strong> RESEARCHER FROM ANOTHER CENTRE R+D. (Universidad Nacional de Educaci\u00f3n a Distancia; National University of Distance Learning).
\n<\/span>Department:<\/strong> Social Structure.
\n<\/span>Field:<\/strong> Sociology.
\nAddress: <\/strong>Universidad Nacional de Educaci\u00f3n a Distancia<\/span>. Calle del Obispo Trejo, 2, 28040 Madrid<\/p>\n

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Having completed a first degree in Philosophy and Arts (1973) and his PhD in Sociology (1990), he is a Senior Technical Officer (on leave of absence) at the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA). From 1978 to 1983 he worked as a Rural Sociologist at the National Institute of Agrarian Reform and Development, at the provincial headquarters in Huesca and from 1983 to 1991 as Head of Studies of the General Technical Secretariat of the MAPA. From 1992 to December 2014, he was a professor in the Department of Sociology II (Social Structure) of the Faculty of Political Science and Sociology at the National University of Distance Education (UNED). He has taught General Sociology, Human Ecology, Rural Sociology, and Environment and Society. Between 1983 and 1995 he was Director of the Revista Agricultura y Sociedad and of the book collections \u201cEstudios\u201d (\u201cStudies\u201d) and \u201cCl\u00e1sicos Agrarios\u201d (\u201cAgricultural Classsics\u201d) for the MAPA. He retired on 30 December 2014. He has been a Member of the Council of the European Society of Rural Sociology. He is a member of the advisory board and editor for several academic journals in the fields of Rural Sociology, Food Sociology, Environmental Sociology, and History of Agricultural Policies and Social Thought. His main publications include
\na) Studies on Rural Sociology: Pol\u00edticos, bur\u00f3cratas y expertos. Un estudio de la pol\u00edtica agraria y de la sociolog\u00eda rural en Espa\u00f1a. 1936\u20131959 (Politicians, bureaucrats and experts. A study of agricultural policy and rural sociology in Spain. 1936\u20131959) (1995); with J. C. Carlos Gimeno, La colonizaci\u00f3n agraria en Espa\u00f1a y en Arag\u00f3n: 1939\u20131975 (Agricultural colonization in Spain and Aragon: 1939\u20131975) (2003); with E. Luque Pulgar Im\u00e1genes de un mundo rural. 1955\u20131980 (Images of a Rural World 1955\u20131980) (2003; 2006); Una revisi\u00f3n y una reflexi\u00f3n sobre la pol\u00edtica de colonizaci\u00f3n agraria en la Espa\u00f1a de Franco (A review of and reflection on the policy of agricultural colonization in Franco\u2019s Spain) (2004); with E. Luque Pulgar, \u201cModernizaci\u00f3n agraria, modernizaci\u00f3n administrativa y franquismo. El modelo educativo y administrativo del Servicio de Extensi\u00f3n Agraria (1955\u20131986)\u201d (\u201cAgricultural modernization, administrative modernization, and the Franco regime. The educative and administrative model of the Agricultural Extension Service [1955\u20131986]\u201d) (2007); La agricultura y la sociedad rural en la obra de Julio Caro Baroja (1914\u20131995) (Agriculture and rural society in the work of Julio Caro Baroja [1914\u20131995]) (2007); \u201cDe los planes de desarrollo a las integraci\u00f3n en la CEE: 1964\u20131985\u201d (\u201cFrom the development plans to EEC accession: 1964\u20131985\u201d) in R. Robledo, ed., History of the Ministry of Agriculture (2011); with M. P\u00e9rez Yruela, \u201cLa Sociolog\u00eda rural en Espa\u00f1a\u201d (\u201cRural Sociology in Spain), in Giner and Moreno (eds.), Sociolog\u00eda en Espa\u00f1a (1990); with L. L\u00f3pez Calvo, Rural Sociology in Spain (1992); with J. J. Gonz\u00e1lez, Agricultura y Sociedad en la Espa\u00f1a contempor\u00e1nea (Agriculture and Society in Contemporary Spain) (1997); with J. J. Gonz\u00e1lez, Clases agrarias, estrategias familiares y mercado de trabajo (Agrarian classes, family strategies, and the labour market) (1997); ed. with J. J. Gonz\u00e1lez, Estrategias familiares y futuro de la agricultura familiar (Family strategies and the future of family agriculture) (1999); with J. J. Gonz\u00e1lez and R. Sancho Hazak, Identidad y profesi\u00f3n en la agricultura familiar (Identity and profession in family agriculture) (2000); ed. with J. J. Gonz\u00e1lez, Profession and identity. The case of family farming in Spain, (2001); La poblaci\u00f3n rural en la Espa\u00f1a actual: movilidad y recomposici\u00f3n social (The rural population in contemporary Spain: mobility and social recomposition) (2000); with J. J. Gonz\u00e1lez, Juventud rural 2000 (Rural youth 2000) (2002); with J. J. Gonz\u00e1lez, Agricultura y sociedad en el cambio de siglo (Agriculture and society at the turn of the century) (2002): with J. J. Gonz\u00e1lez, \u201cFamilia y explotaci\u00f3n en la transformaci\u00f3n de la agricultura familiar espa\u00f1ola\u201d (\u201cFamily and exploitation in the transformation of Spanish family farming\u201d) (2002); with J. J. Gonz\u00e1lez, \u201cInforme sociol\u00f3gico del medio rural\u201d (\u201cSociological report on the countryside\u201d), in J. Regidor (ed.), Desarrollo rural sostenible: un nuevo desaf\u00edo (2008); with C. D\u00edaz M\u00e9ndez, \u201cLa juventud rural en el cambio de siglo: tendencias y perspectivas\u201d (\u201cRural youth at the turn of the century: trends and outlooks\u201d) (2009); with J. J. Gonz\u00e1lez, Opini\u00f3n p\u00fablica, agricultura y sociedad rural (Public opinion, agriculture and rural society) Bar\u00f3metro del medio rural de Castilla y Le\u00f3n (2015);
\nb) Food sociology studies: with Cecilia D\u00edaz M\u00e9ndez, Del consumo alimentario a la sociolog\u00eda de la alimentaci\u00f3n (From food consumption to the sociology of food) (2001); with Cecilia D\u00edaz M\u00e9ndez, El consumo alimentario en Espa\u00f1a (Food consumption in Spain) (2004); with Cecilia D\u00edaz M\u00e9ndez, \u201cUna aproximaci\u00f3n a las teor\u00edas y los debates actuales en torno a la alimentaci\u00f3n contempor\u00e1nea\u201d (\u201cAn approach to the current theories and debates about food today\u201d) (2005), in eds. Cecilia D\u00edaz M\u00e9ndez and Crist\u00f3bal G\u00f3mez Benito, Sociolog\u00eda y Alimentaci\u00f3n (2005); ed. with Cecilia D\u00edaz M\u00e9ndez, Alimentaci\u00f3n, consumo y salud (Food, consumption, and health) (2008); Aproximaci\u00f3n a la sociolog\u00eda de la alimentaci\u00f3n. Un mapa tem\u00e1tico (Approach to the sociology of food: a topical map) (2008); with Cecilia D\u00edaz M\u00e9ndez, Evoluci\u00f3n de las recomendaciones institucionales sobre salud y alimentaci\u00f3n (Evolution of institutional recommendations on health and food) (2008); with Cecilia D\u00edaz M\u00e9ndez, Problem\u00e1ticas actuales en torno a la alimentaci\u00f3n y a la salud (Current problems concerning food and health) (2008); with Cecilia D\u00edaz M\u00e9ndez, \u201cNutrition and the Mediterranean diet. A historical and sociological analysis of the concept of a \u2018healthy diet\u2019 in Spanish society\u201d (2010); with C. Lozano, E. Luque, and M. Moreno, \u201cLas etiquetas alimentiarias \u00bfherramientas de (des)conexi\u00f3n entre productores y consumidores?\u201d (\u201cFood labels: tools to (dis)connect producers and consumers?\u201d) (2013); with C. Lozano, C. \u201c\u00bfConsumidores o ciudadanos? Reflexiones sobre el concepto de ciudadan\u00eda alimentaria\u201d (\u201cConsumers or citizens? Reflection on the concept of food citizenship\u201d) (2014); with C. Lozano, Constructing Food Citizenship: Theoretical Premises and Social Practices (2014);
\nc) Studies on environmental sociology: Diversidad biol\u00f3gica, conocimiento local y desarrollo (Biological diversity, local knowledge, and development) (1995); with A. Paniagua, \u201cCaracterizaci\u00f3n sociodemogr\u00e1fica de la sensibilidad ambiental en Espa\u00f1a\u201d (\u201cSocio-demographic description of enviromental feeling in Spain\u201d) (1995); with A. Paniagua, Agricultura y naturaleza: una aproximaci\u00f3n a las im\u00e1genes y actitudes de la poblaci\u00f3n respecto a las relaciones entre agricultura, medio rural y naturaleza (Agriculture and nature: an approach to people\u2019s image of and attitudes towards the relationship between agriculture, the countryside, and nature) (1998); with J. Noya and A. Paniagua, La inconsistencia de las actitudes hacia el medio ambiente en Espa\u00f1a (The inconsistency of attitudes towards the environment in Spain) (1999); with J. Noya and A. Paniagua, Actitudes y comportamientos hacia el medio ambiente en Espa\u00f1a (Attitudes and behaviour towards the environment in Spain) (1999).<\/p>\n

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