With increasing population, consumption increases,, man to land ratio reduces, land being inelastic can`t fulfill the increasing demands. Therefore, the most vulnerable social categories of the population will be protected, as well as the part of the demand that is absolutely inelastic with respect to price movements.
Conflict theories draw attention to power differentials, such as class conflict, and generally contrast historically dominant ideologies. It is therefore a macro level analysis of society. Karl Marx is the father of the social conflict theory, which is a component of the four paradigms of sociology. Certain conflict theories set out to highlight the ideological aspects inherent in traditional thought.
Critical theorists like Habermas were critical of the earlier paradigms as they were not tuned to question or transform the existing situation. 1  He developed theories which were built on a typology of interest. Habermas (1970) postulated three types of interest which generate three types of knowledge: