-Society: power struggles over scarce resources. these inequalities result in conflict. Social change is inevitable. -Individuals: good but corrupted by society. ”order” is just an illusion. Natural state of society is in imbalance. -Criticism: Utopian model and Marxist states have failed. It denies the existence of cooperation and equitable exchange More test answers on https://studyhippo.com/soc-100-chapter-1/