What are some examples of conflict theory??

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What are some examples of conflict theory??

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Conflict Theory (Marx) MACRO, power, inequality, exploitation, coercion

Marxist-based social theory which argues that individuals and groups (social classes) within society have differing amounts of material and non-material resources (the wealthy vs. the poor) and that the more powerful groups use their power in order to exploit groups with less power.

___Individuals subordinated to society.

___Work was devoted to explaining how capitalism shaped society.

___Profit is produced through the exploitation of the working class.

___Considered the economic organization of society the most important influence on what humans think and how they behave.

___Theorized that society had three dimensions: political, economic, and cultural.

___Believed that to understand social behavior one had to understand the meaning that a behavior had for social actors.