The extrativist industry and the development of the international division of work in peripheral regions: the case of Suzano Papel and Cellulose in Maranhão

Abstract

This paper analyzes the process of productive specialization of the work through the implementation of Suzano Papel e Celulose in Imperatriz, Maranhão. It is questioned whether a deepening of the international division of labor would be underway due to the advance of the pulp and paper production chain. In addition to reviewing relevant literature, data on workers with higher education are analyzed from field surveys, cartographic production and analysis of data collected at the bases: RAIS, CAGED, PDET, INEP, IBGE and in educational institutions higher. As a result, the chain of work in the cellulosic segment in Maranhão was mapped and there was a real deepening of the productive specialization, which reinforces the role of the state as exporter of raw material.

Keywords

• extrativismo arbóreo
• divisão internacional do trabalho
• imperatriz- ma