In managing violent rebellions democracies must often choose between coercion and accommodation as the worlds largest democracy india is no stranger to this trade off it has struggled over the past several decades to address several domestic insurgencies a new book by bidisha biswas addresses indias approach to internal conflicts biswas looked at punjab kashmir and the naxalite maoist conflict and explored the challenges and choices facing multiethnic democracies . Amazoncom managing conflicts in india policies of coercion and accommodation 9781498525619 biswas bidisha books. Managing conflicts in india analyzes how democratic states choose between policies of coercion and accommodation by addressing the under studied topic of indias approach to internal conflicts biswas weaves an examination of three conflicts in india into a larger exploration of the challenges and choices facing democratic and multiethnic countries that are dealing with protracted insurgencies