Which Sociological Theory Tends to Focus on Social Change, Competition

question 20

Multiple Choice

Which sociological theory tends to focus on social change, competition, and power which can play out in the way laws are created and upheld?

• A) Conflict Theory
• B) Structural Functionalism
• C) Strain theory
• D) Symbolic Interactionism

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