The Strategy Toolkit
This chapter poses quite the challenge, in terms of scale and scope. For, according to the American Sociological Association, sociology is:
“the study of social life, social change, and the social causes and consequences of human behaviour. Sociologists investigate the structure of groups, organisations, and societies and how people interact within these contexts. Since all human behaviour is social, the subject matter of sociology ranges...”*
…over just about anything one wants it to. At some level of analysis, therefore, everything considered strategic is arguably within the field of sociology. For a narrower range of topics, look to China, an example being the list of topics found suitable for publication by the Shanghai University-based Chinese Journal of Sociology:
“social stratification / social inequality; social movements; social organisations and social governance; cultural and ideological change; migration; migrant workers and urbanisation; family and demographic studies; the sociological understanding of the environment; and social security and social policy.”*
