Question

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

Answer 1

Answer:

conflict.

Explanation:

Conflict theory first found its existence in the work of Karl Marx and  states that tensions and conflicts occur when wealth,  and power are distributed unevenly among groups within society. It maintains that social and economic structures as instruments of struggle between groups or classes used to preserve inequality and the ruling class's supremacy.