Abstract From a qualitative research on the bilingual and international education market in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, the article analyzes the...

Abstract From a qualitative research on the bilingual and international education market in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, the article analyzes the class distinction in the global context. After discussing transformations in the diploma market, it presents the universe of international/bilingual education in Brazil and, through document analysis, it outlines the relational space of private international/bilingual education schools. The typology includes: (a) international schools, (b) Brazilian schools with an international curriculum, (c) bilingual schools and (d) schools with bilingual programs. It states that agents in different positions in the social space unequally dispute the incorporation of dispositions related to globalization.