Dual Degree Social Work Programs: Where are the Programs and Where are the Graduates?

This article presents results of an exploratory study designed to survey the dual degree graduates of one large school of social work, and to report on the prevalence and types of dual degree programs offered at accredited schools of social work in the U.S. Quantitative and qualitative data were gathered from 72 dual degree graduates. Income, career trajectories, identification with social work, satisfaction with the decision to obtain a dual degree, whether graduates would encourage others to follow the dual degree path, and implications for the social work profession and social work education are discussed

Different paths to the modern state in Europe: the interaction between domestic political economy and interstate competition

Theoretical work on state formation and capacity has focused mostly on early modern Europe and on the experience of western European states during this period. While a number of European states monopolized domestic tax collection and achieved gains in state capacity during the early modern era, for others revenues stagnated or even declined, and these variations motivated alternative hypotheses for determinants of fiscal and state capacity. In this study we test the basic hypotheses in the existing literature making use of the large date set we have compiled for all of the leading states across the continent. We find strong empirical support for two prevailing threads in the literature, arguing respectively that interstate wars and changes in economic structure towards an urbanized economy had positive fiscal impact. Regarding the main point of contention in the theoretical literature, whether it was representative or authoritarian political regimes that facilitated the gains in fiscal capacity, we do not find conclusive evidence that one performed better than the other. Instead, the empirical evidence we have gathered lends supports to the hypothesis that when under pressure of war, the fiscal performance of representative regimes was better in the more urbanized-commercial economies and the fiscal performance of authoritarian regimes was better in rural-agrarian economie

Influential Social Workers: A Preliminary Exploration of Social Work Faculty

The profession of social work in the U.S. has been influenced and is being influenced by a wide-range of advocates, politicians, practitioners, and educators. This paper is a preliminary attempt to systematically examine who social work faculty consider influential in shaping the field. Identifying influential social workers is an important step in understanding the history of a profession, its current state, and its future trajectory.La profession du travail social aux États-Unis a été et est toujours influencée par un large éventail de juristes, de politiciens, de praticiens et d’éducateurs. Ce papier est une tentative préliminaire qui vise à examiner de manière systématique quelles sont les facultés du travail social considérées comme influentes dans la constitution de ce domaine. Identifier les travailleurs sociaux influents est un pas important dans la compréhension de l’histoire de la profession, son état actuel et sa trajectoire future.摘要 美国的社会工作专业一直受到来自大量的倡导者、政治家、从业者和教育工作者的影响。关于社会工作教师认为谁在塑造该领域上具有影响，本文进行了初步的系统研究。发现有影响力的社会工作者对于理解这个专业的历史、它的现状及其未来的发展轨迹是非常重要的一步