Foreword - Arjo Klamer

Introduction - Anna Mignosa and Priyatej Kotipalli

Part 1 - Definitional issues

Chapter 1. Defining Craft: Hermeneutics and Economy - Ronda L. Brulotte and Manuel JR Montoya

Chapter 2. UNESCO approach to crafts - Indrasen Vencatachellum

Chapter 3. Making sense of craft using cultural economics - Priyatej Kotipalli

Part 2 - Policies for crafts

Chapter 4. Policies for craft: reasons and tools - Anna Mignosa

Chapter 5. Crafts policies in China - Lili Jiang

Chapter 6. Arts and Crafts policies: heritage vs economics in France - Francesca Cominelli

Chapter 7. Handwerk - Crafts and trades in Germany - Thora Fjeldsted

Chapter 8. The building of craft policy in India - Ritu Sethi

Chapter 9. Crafts policies in Japan - Kazuko Goto

Chapter 10. Crafts in the Netherlands - From an economic to a value-based perspective - Marleen Hofland-Mol, Marion Poortvliet

Chapter 11. Crafts policies in the U.K - Julia Bennett

Chapter 12. Craft - Economic Policies in the United States 1896-2016 - Manuel J.R. Montoya

Part 3 - Economic issues

Chapter 13. An economic assessment of Asian crafts - Simon Ellis and Joseph Lo

Chapter 14. A Cultural Economic Analysis of Crafts - A view from the workshop of the world - John Ballyn

Chapter 15. The invisible giant: economics of artisanal activity in India - Ashoke Chatterjee

Chapter 16. Measuring the economics of traditional craft production - Simon Ellis

Part 4 - Future development

Chapter 17. The importance of craft culture - Arjo Klamer

Chapter 18. Design and craft: the practitioners view - Lucia Giuliano

Chapter 19. Material is the mother of innovation - Maikel H.G. Kuijpers

Chapter 20. Education for Artisans: Beginning A Sustainable Future for Craft Traditions - Judy Frater