A(n) is the process by which citizens propose legislation or constitutional amendments through the petition process followed by a popular vote.

An initiative is the process by which citizens propose legislation or constitutional amendments through the petition process followed by a popular vote.
It is one of the several types of elections, together with primaries, general elections,  and referendum. This procedure allows voters to submit a proposed law to a popular vote by obtaining a required number of signatures. 

It could be anything, recent improvements in technology/telecommunication/internet have increased the pace of globalization.generally, it has something to do with technology. globalization means that people around the world are brought together through technology which speeds things up. so maybe some of those options could be correct. : )