The phrase "a broad concept of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a wide-ranging or inclusive idea or understanding of a particular subject.
Example: "In our discussion, we will explore a broad concept of sustainability that encompasses environmental, social, and economic factors."
Alternatives: "a wide understanding of" or "an expansive notion of".
Vince Cable's business department suggests this is all bound up in a broad concept of "flexibility".
It was at the center of a broad concept of a Go Network that linked all the Disney online services, including ABCNews.com, Disney.com and ESPN.com.
Freed slaves were also, Hahn writes, some of the most important advocates America ever had for a broad concept of citizenship based not on property or education but on "manhood" — for which he calls them "the jacobins of the country".
For our model, we adopt a broad concept of market access and supplier areas that includes both domestic and foreign trade.
A second challenge related to applying a broad concept of measurement is the reduced capacity of broad measures to detect effects compared to focused measures on focused programmes.
The accumulation and exploitation of social capital is not only limited to localized interaction, but can be extended to a broad concept of ethnicity connections (Yeung 2002).
Beyond its specific basis in Judaism, the ketubah represented to the Austins a broader concept of holiness, of consecration.
The percentage of households with incomes below $10,000 drops by almost half when a broader concept of income is applied, to just 13 percent of all filers from 24 percent.
But the new institutionalists adopt a broader concept of institution that includes norms, habits, and cultural customs alongside formal rules, procedures, and organizations.
As the world shifts from ensuring that everyone has access to basic services – which is what the MDGs concentrated on – to a broader concept of sustainable development, we also need a wider concept of finance and policies to support development.
You make the argument in your book that a crucial benefit of covering crime is that "it exposes the narrow logic of the legal profession to a broader concept of justice".
