Globalization

is the word used to describe the growing interdependence of the world's economies,
cultures, and populations, brought about by cross-border trade in goods and services,
technology, and flows of investment, people, and information.

What Is Networking?

Networking is the exchange of information and ideas among people with a common
profession or special interest, usually in an informal social setting.

Networking is used by professionals to expand their circles of acquaintances, to find out

about job opportunities in their fields, and to increase their awareness of news and trends in
their fields or in the greater world. (The term computer networking refers to linking multiple
devices so that they can readily share information and software resources.)

 Networking is used by professionals to widen their circles of acquaintances, find out

about job opportunities, and to increase their awareness of news and trends in their
fields.
 Business owners may network to develop relationships with people and companies they
may do business with in the future.
 Professional networking platforms provide an online location for people to engage with
other professionals, join groups, post blogs, and share information.

Democratic Interventions:

Democracy

U.S. president Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) defined democracy as: Government of the
people, by the people, for the people.

"Of the people" refers to the government's composition. It's referring to the fact that the
government is made up of people who come from the people.

"By the people" refers to who chooses those people who make up the government.

“For the people” a government formed/founded intended to serve the people

Essentially, it's saying that it's a government comprised of common people who were
chosen by common people.

Democracy is by far the most challenging form of government - both for politicians and
for the people. The term democracy comes from the Greek language and means "rule by the
(simple) people".

Democracy is government based on law, that is created after long consideration by

appropriate elected representatives of the people and proclaimed in a way, that all men can
become acquainted with them." John Locke English Philospher 1632-1704

Democracy - a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and
exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving
periodically held free elections Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Democracy- political power is exercised by the majority of the people -De Leon, De Leon
 Plato believes that the democratic man is more concerned with his money over how he
can help the people. He does whatever he wants whenever he wants to do it. His life has no
order or priority.

"Democracy is one of the most important principles for a better world. In its truest sense,
a democracy is a community in which all members have an equal say in the running of that
community. Unfortunately in reality, democratic societies have fallen short of this ideal.
Nevertheless, because of its very nature, once a democracy is established, its citizens can work
together to make their society more and more democratic, if they choose to do so." – Robert
Alan Silverstein

POLITICAL CORRUPTION
     There is an increase disenchantment of the state of society in our globalized world. In a
study about democratic participation in different countries in the globe, 44 out of 47 countries
that took part in the study asserted that the conditions of a good society were not met (Barry
Knight: 2002, p. 107)
     Undemocratic practices breed social ills that haunt societies in the planet. Dissatisfaction of
citizens with their governments include: a. failure to meet their basic needs that create profound
insecurities. failure to protect them from the sweeping winds of economic change where they
lose their customs and traditions, and c. failure to involve its citizens in its policies and programs.
Basic Needs
     Failure to meet basic needs is a common complaint among many societies in the world
today. There was a growing gulf between rich and poor droving the former to extra-legal
activities such as theft and prostitution.
Association
     Undemocratic practices undermine the traditional bonds of family and kinship threatened by
the pressures of work, urbanization and migration. The distancing of government concerns from
the lives of ordinary people weakened customary forms of accountability and led to a highly
corrupt, self-seeking, inefficient, and partisan state.
Participation
     Citizens play their part by (1) engaging in collective action to perform voluntary work with
others in order to tackle problems and (2) participating in political processes to play an active
role in relation to the state in order to ensure that the state opened itself up to the influence of
citizens.

Democratic Governments are further classified into:

Direct or pure democracy or one in which the will of the state is formulated or expressed
directly and immediately through the people in a mass meeting or primary assembly rather than
through the medium of delegates or representative chosen to act for them.

Indirect, representative or republican democracy or one in which the will of the state is
formulated and expressed through the agency of a relatively small and select body of persons
chosen by the people to act as their representative.