Education, work and urban concentration in the Technological Park of Campinas, state of São Paulo

Abstract

The article analyses the so called Technological Park of Campinas, also called of Knowledge Zone. Several authors have been calling attention to the importance of the cities as nucleus to coordinate and control services offered to the global economy – in other terms, as the central place where takes place the production, circulation and consumption of assets and services to the global economy. As a consequence, cities constitute territories in which one may observe economic, social and political dynamics. As per this point of view, since 2008 the Sao Paulo State Government has been investing in policies to induce and expand productive centers. The research aims to understand the kind of interconnection between the industrialization and urbanization policies, which moves the centers of attraction, settlement, and expulsion of human beings living in Campinas and its surroundings. Also, the article aims to ponder how Education matters are treated by/in these interconnections.