Just as important, however, are the conceptual continuities between mainstream economics as academic discipline and as governing policy ideology.
As we think critical thoughts of South Africa, we Americans need to ask ourselves what belief system is governing policy making in Washington.
It also operates in the tense standoff between India and Pakistan, and if Iran ever does manage to develop a nuclear weapon, the best that can be hoped for is that it will also govern policy between itself and Israel.
Those values need not be the same as the values that influence economic policy, but it is debatable whether the values that govern the activity of economists can be sharply distinguished from the values that govern policy makers.
Despite amendments such as the First Nations Governance Act, the Indian Act remains the governing policy for and perpetuates the disempowerment of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada today [ 4, 5].
While each case study offers program-specific introspection about the factors governing policy and practice influence, overall the collection illuminates no pattern or best practice.
Also, if the HSD program is found to be effective, the program might be (compulsory) implemented in more schools across The Netherlands, since present govern policy strongly encourages the implementation of effective intervention programs.
