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8. Streamlining government spending

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9. Strengthening democracy with technology

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10. A new era in politics: The party as a platform

1
. Lincoln’s plan of campaign in 1840.
Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln
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2
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Deccan Herald
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3
. Mail Today Bureau. 7 April 2011. ‘Anna Hazare’s fight grows via SMSes, Facebook’.
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Mahesh, Ashwin. 29 December 2013. ‘Rise of problem-solving, digital citizen’.
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