Harley 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 article, "The New Global Economy: Trade and Production under NAFTA," was 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).
Job title:
Professor Emeritus, CLAS Chair Emeritus
Department:
Graduate School of Education
Geography Department
Bio/CV:
Research interests:
Mexico, labor, globalization, education, United States, geography, work organization, issues of economic and political integration in the Americas, information technology, skill.
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Publications
Harley Shaiken
Berkeley Review of Latin American Studies Article, 2020
Harley Shaiken
Berkeley Review of Latin American Studies Article, 2019
Harley Shaiken; Representative Sander Levin (D-MICH.)
Blog Entry, 2018
Harley Shaiken
Berkeley Review of Latin American Studies Article, 2018
Harley Shaiken; Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas
Berkeley Review of Latin American Studies Article, 2018
Harley Shaiken
Berkeley Review of Latin American Studies Article, 2018
Harley Shaiken
Berkeley Review of Latin American Studies Article, 2017
Harley Shaiken; Sergio Fajardo
Blog Entry, 2016
Harley Shaiken
Berkeley Review of Latin American Studies Article, 2016
Harley Shaiken
Berkeley Review of Latin American Studies Article, 2015
Harley Shaiken
Berkeley Review of Latin American Studies Article, 2015
Harley Shaiken
Berkeley Review of Latin American Studies Article, 2012
Kristen Sehnbruch; Harley Shaiken
Berkeley Review of Latin American Studies Article, 2012
Harley Shaiken
Berkeley Review of Latin American Studies Article, 2011
Harley Shaiken; Ricardo Lagos
Berkeley Review of Latin American Studies Article, 2009
Harley Shaiken
Berkeley Review of Latin American Studies Article, 2009
Harley Shaiken
Berkeley Review of Latin American Studies Article, 2008
Harley Shaiken
Berkeley Review of Latin American Studies Article, 2008
Harley Shaiken
Berkeley Review of Latin American Studies Article, 2007
Harley Shaiken; Jorge Taiana
Berkeley Review of Latin American Studies Article, 2007
Kristen Sehnbruch; Harley Shaiken
Berkeley Review of Latin American Studies Article, 2006
Harley Shaiken; President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Berkeley Review of Latin American Studies Article, 2005