Who benefits in conflict theory?

Conflict theories are perspectives in social theory that emphasize a particular groups' social, political or material inequality, or which otherwise detract from structural functionalism and political conservativism. Conflict theories draw attention to power differentials, such as class conflict, and generally contrast traditional or historically-dominant ideologies. Conflict theory is most commonly associated with the critical theory of Karl Marx, but as a reaction to positivism and functionalism may also be associated with the interpretive sociology of Max Weber, feminist theory, postcolonial theory, and a variety of other perspectives