What is the Relationship of the Population Changes in Texas due to Population Dynamics?

• In Event: 088 - Section on Sociological Practice and Public Sociology Roundtable Session (one-hour).
  In Refereed Roundtable: Table 03. Studying the U.S. Population: Implications for Communities

Abstract

Globalization is not just an economic phenomenon, as flows of capital goods and services cannot take place without parallel flows of ideas, cultural values and people. In thinking globally, one needs to take into account the economic, educational, and social transformations taking place in our diverse society due to globalization. This report will first briefly define the terminology of nation-state versus globalization; next, this report will discuss the changing population dynamics in Texas; then, a brief explanation of economic flows will be introduced universally as well as particularly; and; finally, this report will present some of the implications for Texas education using a nation-state ideological mechanism versus a globalization system of ideology.
Hobsbawm, (1975); and Massey & Pren (2012) posit that migration is clearly a systematic element in the processes of globalization, but this is merely a new form of a systematic element that has existed in various guises ever since the beginnings of the global market place, around the sixteenth century. Thus, understanding the key role of population mobility and its effects are important for assessing future perspectives in globalization.
To what extent will migrant settlement, education, employment, and community formation change under conditions of globalization in Texas? What will be the effects on social relations, culture identity and politics and education in Texas? How will Texas seek to incorporate minorities and manage diversity within an ever-changing population while also incorporating a globalization perspective in education, economics and politics?

Author

• Amy M Romanus, Texas Woman's University