According to conflict theorists, because individuals and groups of society engage in for advantage, the degree of social integration in society is minimal and tenuous.

Competition.

Explanation:

Let us first fill in the gap in the question above. Note that the the capitalized word is the missing word to be filled in the gap in the question.

"According to conflict theorists, because individuals and groups of society engage in COMPETITION for advantage, the degree of social integration in society is minimal and tenuous.''

To understand this question very well we have to understand the conflict model which is also known as critical theory. This theory(that is critical theory or conflict model) is used in the explanation of the interaction between people in the society through the means of competition which in turn will lead to conflict. This model or theory was first proposed by Karl Marx.

COMPETITION

Explanation: According to conflict theorists, competition is a constant occurance in our day to day life, competition can arise from human relationship and interaction with each other.

And this occurs as a result of scarcity of resources including material resources like commodities, property and money.

Conflict theorists portrays social life as a competition which focuses on the distribution of resources, power, and inequality. Unlike functionalist theory, conflict theory is better at explaining social change, and weaker at explaining social stability.

Example of conflict theory is in a scenerio of a prison where the guards exert authority over prisoners through strict rules,the prisoners resent such rules and the guards for being hard on them.

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explanation:

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