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GSE Profiles
 | Harley Shaiken
Professor
Language and Literacy, Society and Culture
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arley Shaiken looks at the role of schooling and skills in the global economy. He explores issues at the intersection of information technology, work organization, labor, and globalization. In particular, he has examined issues of economic and political integration in the Americas, with a focus on the United States and Mexico. He is currently the recipient of grants from the Ford and Hewlett foundations. Since 1998, he has been chair of the Center for Latin American Studies at UC Berkeley. In 1991 he was presented with the Outstanding Teaching Award at the University of California, San Diego. He has served as an adviser on globalization to key leaders of the United States Congress and to policy makers throughout the Americas. His most recent work is "The New Global Economy: Trade and Production under NAFTA" published in the Austrian Journal of Development(2001). He is also the author of several books, including Mexico in the Global Economy(1990); Automation and Global Production(1987); and Work Transformed: Automation and Labor in the Computer Age(1985).
B.A., Wayne State University, Economics
Areas of Specialization / Interests
Information Technology
International Education
Labor and Work Organization
School and non-school Learning Contexts
Schooling in the Global Economy
Last Modified: 2/24/05
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