Conflict Theory
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Conflict theory treats society as a competition over scarce resources, in which groups holding power work to keep it.
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Asked why school funding varies by neighborhood, this framework looks at who set the funding rule and who benefits.
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Conflict need not be violent or even visible; most of it is procedural.
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