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Peer reviewedPolansky, Norman A.; Williams, David P. – Social Work, 1978
This study questions whether social workers reflect a middle-class bias in establishing the standards by which they judge child neglect. Results suggest that a surprising unity of opinion exists among social workers, working-class mothers, and middle-class mothers in defining adequate child care. (Author)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Child Care, Child Neglect, Middle Class Standards
Peer reviewedHardman, Dale G. – Social Work, 1975
Three experienced social workers discuss the question "Do we or don't we impose middle-class norms on lower-class clients?" The discussion covered the general areas of (1) imposing values, (2) scapegoating, (3) functional norms, and (4) fatalism and poverty. (Author/BW)
Descriptors: Culture Conflict, Group Norms, Middle Class Standards, Role Conflict
