Indonesian Journal of Social Sciences

Front Matter Vol 16 No 2, 2024

Indonesian Journal of Social Sciences — 2024-12-13

The front matter contains a front cover, a list of editorial teams, and a table of contents for volume 16 issue 2 (2024).

Back Matter Vol 16 No 2, 2024

Indonesian Journal of Social Sciences — 2024-12-13

The back matter contains guidelines for authors, an index of authors, an index of subjects, and the back cover of volume 16 issue 2 (2024).

Correction to “The national curriculum implementation into the operational curriculum based on multiple intelligences theory (Research dissemination before pandemic Covid-19)”

Adriana Gandasari — 2024-12-13

This is a correction to the article “The national curriculum implementation into the operational curriculum based on multiple intelligences theory (Research dissemination before pandemic Covid-19).” The original article has been published in the Indonesian Journal of Social Sciences volume 14, issue 1, January-June 2022, pages 14-25.

Beyond borders: Navigating non-traditional security challenges in Central Asia

Souvik Chatterjee — 2024-12-13

Since the end of the Cold War, non-traditional security threats have been a significant concern for five post-communist Central Asian powers, namely Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Kazakhstan. Security strategy for Central Asian powers remains predominantly entrenched in hard or military-oriented security. However, the contemporary challenges to regional security in Central Asia are related to human security stemming from the growth of transnational criminal groups, illegal immigration, water security, climate change, and others. Determining how non-traditional threats have impacted regional stability in Central Asia is, thus, the primary objective of this research. The descriptive method, a prominent social research method, sheds light on the recurrent pattern and meaning of complex security issues affecting CARs. The data is collected both from primary and secondary sources such as government reports, e-resources, news articles, journal articles, and others, to facilitate a deeper understanding of the different dimensions of security issues. By juxtaposing both data, this article highlights the interlink between traditional and non-traditional security challenges. The findings of this study suggest that Central Asian republics are required to become more resilient to shocks from the inside and avoid state failure. Sustainable development strategies must be embraced by governments with support from major powers such as Russia, China, and the US to lessen the political unrest, violence, and conflicts.

Strategy of civic education teachers in building awareness and legal compliance for the younger generation

Handi Kurniyawan — 2024-12-13

The role of civic education teachers is profoundly strategic in fostering awareness and legal compliance among students. That is because civic education holds a mission and purpose to shape intelligent and virtuous citizens. One of the indicators of a good citizen is one who abides by and adheres to the existing legal regulations. Therefore, this research aims to examine the strategies and roles of civic education teachers in cultivating awareness and legal compliance among students, especially considering the numerous cases of legal violations involving students nowadays. The research design employed a qualitative approach, specifically descriptive research. The data collection technique involved conducting interviews with several civic education teachers from both junior high schools and senior high/vocational schools who are part of the civic education teachers association in Magelang Regency and also engaging with alumni from UNNES who have teaching experience. The findings of this study indicate that the strategies and roles of civic education teachers in fostering awareness and legal compliance among students involve conducting activities such as socialization, mentoring and supervision, setting examples, motivation and habituation, and collaborating with relevant stakeholders. Thus, the various strategies implemented by several civic education teachers are expected to be able to create smart and good citizens by enhancing legal awareness and compliance, especially among students (younger generation), which will subsequently have an impact on improving the quality of human resources in a country, especially in Indonesia.

Legal enforcement of individual behavior in the context of environmental policy

Daryanti — 2024-12-13

Awareness of environmental damage that affects the quality of human life, such as the adverse effects of climate change, requires action and intervention by the government and society through policy and law enforcement. Normatively, this research examines the relationship of law as a representation of social control or what is called law as a tool of social engineering to community behavior. Environmental law plays a role in maintaining and controlling damage arising from human behavior and will in daily activities. The result of this study is that legal formation in increasing public awareness and concern in Indonesia towards environmental damage in mitigating and adapting to climate change is still not effective. That is evidence that the percentage of people who believe in environmental damage due to climate change in Indonesia is the lowest. This study concludes that there is a need for the most effective law enforcement to increase individual awareness of the impact of environmental damage on sustainable development.

Parents views on children’s physical vulnerability to Covid-19 pandemic

Sadia Jebin Sejuti — 2024-12-13

This study focuses on the physical vulnerability of the young children. There was a strict lockdown in Rajshahi City, like in other districts of Bangladesh, during the Covid-19 pandemic. Schools were closed for almost two years to keep children safe. Conscious parents did not allow them to go outside. So, children were deprived of the opportunity to grow up in a free environment. This data was collected by using a mixed method, which was collected after the lockdown restrictions were lifted. Data were collected in this study from 05 April 2022 to 28 September 2022 by visiting urban residents. Mothers thought that children’s use of phones, playing video games, and watching cartoons on TV had increased at home confinement, and later, it became their habit. That hampered their eyesight. Children were more insistent and arrogant if they were not allowed to play video games. They were victims of humiliating punishment by family members. They did not go to sleep at the right time and did not follow the routine of sports, studies, and eating home-cooked food. That is the negative consequences of staying indoors. These findings will help policymakers to formulate effective policies for children in the future subsequent epidemic.

Perceived product reputation, brand commitment, and corporate social responsibility as predictors of customer satisfaction

Oluwafemi P. Famakinde — 2024-12-13

Customers are the end goal for every business as they create demand and revenue for the business organization. In order to retain customers, businesses need to identify what customers expect from them. One of the least studied businesses is the paint industry. The study filled this gap in knowledge by investigating perceived product reputation, brand commitment and corporate social responsibility as predictors of customer satisfaction among paint buyers in Lagos, Nigeria. A cross-sectional survey research design was used, while a purposive sampling technique was utilized to select two local government areas in Lagos State. Data were collected from 274 paint buyers using validated scales and analyzed with a t-test of independent samples and multiple regression analysis. The result indicates that perceived product reputation, brand commitment and corporate social responsibility jointly predicted customer satisfaction among paint buyers. Furthermore, perceived product reputation, brand commitment and corporate social responsibility independently predicted customer satisfaction. The conclusion is that perceived product reputation, brand commitment, and corporate social responsibility are robust predictors of customer satisfaction among study participants. The study recommends that paint companies continue to improve their branding policy and corporate social responsibility to retain and capture potential consumers in the paint industry.