Conflict theory has strong points in its macro view of society. Theorizing different portions of society by dissecting different groups permits easier analysis of interactions between the community and those causing the environmental damages. Conflict theory seeks to understand community member, this is an advantage, and it provides the social worker with insight on the difficulties faced by the community, their health risk, and the environmental damages. Conflict theory place emphasis on change, …show more content…
Secondly, conflict theory ignores the role of race, ethnicity, gender, disability, and age as causes when it comes to explaining how people want to identify themselves, how they relate to other members in the society, how they organize the social world in which we live. Oftentimes misleading society to overlook the possibility that inequalities and power in society are based on factors other than economic and social class differences. Thirdly the theory assumes that all aspects of social life are determined economically and is shaped by the needs of having capital in society and profit