Synopsis Few studies have systematically analysed the link between agrarian structures and agricultural growth. This book covers recent advances in the theory of agrarian relations, discusses these in the Indian context, and analyses the performance of Indian agriculture. It highlights new theoretical insights in the extensive literature on sharecropping, credit markets and labour markets. It also analyses issues such as coercion and freedom, and argues for locating the analysis of contracts within the relevant context of socioeconomic relations. In addition to these theoretical issues, the contributors provide an extremely valuable bird’s eye view of the actual experience of Indian agriculture since independence and a careful study of the link between agriculture and overall economic progress in the Indian context. Students, teachers and researchers in the area of agricultural economics and development will find this book interesting.