José Pérez Adán (born 1952 in Cartagena, Spain) is a Spanish sociologist. He holds a teaching and research position in Sociology at the University of Valencia (Spain). He is a charter member of the Valencian Institute of Fertility, Sexuality and Family Relations (IVAF) and of the Inter-American Foundation for Science and Life. He is a co-founder and board member of the Latin-American Association of Communitarianism (AIC). He presides over the Spanish chapter of the Society for the Advancement of Socioeconomics, and is general coordinator of the Free International University of the Americas (ULIA). He does research and teaches on Socioeconomics, Communitarianism, Family Relations, and Environmental Studies, and is the principal Spanish language popularizer of the thought of Amitai Etzioni.
Education Pérez Adán obtained his doctorate (PhD) at Macquarie University (Sydney, Australia).
Works Author until 2008 of 40 books and 100 scientific articles. Among his published works the following stand out:
Sociología: concepto y usos. Pamplona: Eunsa, 1997 Socioeconomía. Madrid: Trotta, 1997 Sociedad y Medio Ambiente. Madrid: Trotta, 1999 La Salud Social. Madrid: Trotta, 1999 Desarrollo Socioeconómico y Evolución Demográfica. Pamplona: Eunsa, 1999 Las Terceras Vías. Madrid: Eiunsa, 2001 Pensar la familia. Madrid: Palabra, 2001 Diez Temas de Sociología. Madrid: Eiunsa, 2002 Rebeldías. Madrid: Sekotia, 2002 Comunitarismo. Madrid: Sekotia, 2003 Sociología de la Familia y de la Sexualidad. Valencia: Edicep, 2004 Repensar la Familia. Madrid: Eiunsa, 2005 Cine y Sociedad: Prácticas de Ciencias Sociales. Madrid: Eiunsa, 2006 Sociología del desarrollo sostenible. Valencia: Edicep, 2005 Sociología: Comprender la Humanidad en el Siglo XXI. Madrid: Eiunsa, 2006 Adiós Estado, bienvenida Comunidad. Madrid: Eiunsa, 2008
References
José Pérez Adán UV Prologue to biography of Amitai Etzioni “ A Spanish Viewpoint on Communitarianism ” “ The Community: making visible the invisible ”. Family and the politics of community life
External links Latin-American Association of Comunitarianism Spanish Chapter of SASE Free International University of the Americas Inter-American Foundation Science and Life
See also Socioeconomics Communitarianism