{"title":"Implementation of Regional Non-Cash Food Aid Policy, Indonesia","authors":"La Yopi, Kridawasti Sadhana, Roos Widjajani","doi":"10.36349/easjhcs.2023.v05i05.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36349/easjhcs.2023.v05i05.004","url":null,"abstract":"After the declaration of COVID-19 as a national pandemic, government policy, as stated in the Presidential Regulation of the Republic of Indonesia Number 63 of 2017 concerning the Distribution of Non-Cash Social Assistance, states that the government is obliged to tackle poverty in any way by policy measures, one of which is through fulfilling basic needs through social assistance. Bandungrejosari Village, Sukun District, Malang City, is one of the villages that has received social assistance. However, distribution to beneficiary families (KPM) still needed to be evenly distributed based on field findings during the research, including several obstacles in data verification and recipients who were not on target. This research aims to describe and analyze policy implementation, supporting factors and obstacles to implementing the Regional Non-Cash Food Assistance (BPNTD) policy in Bandungrejosari Village, Sukun District, Malang City. The type of research used is a qualitative descriptive approach. According to Miles and Huberman, the data analysis technique uses an interactive analysis technique model with stages of data collection, data condensation, data presentation and conclusions. This research was conducted in the Bandungrejosari Village, Sukun District, Malang City. The results of this research regarding the implementation of the BPNTD policy in Bandungrejosari subdistrict, Sukun sub-district, Malang city are still uneven because there are still many poor and underprivileged people who have not received BPNTD social assistance from the total number of poor people based on data on the number of poor people in Bandungrejosari subdistrict.","PeriodicalId":474371,"journal":{"name":"EAS journal of humanities and cultural studies","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135721387","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Turkey’s Foreign Policy in Africa: Somalia Initiative as a Test Case for Turkey’s Soft Power Diplomacy (2005-2022)","authors":"Hüsnü Mısırlı, Duygu Dersan Orhan","doi":"10.36349/easjhcs.2023.v05i05.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36349/easjhcs.2023.v05i05.003","url":null,"abstract":"Turkey has come to the forefront as one of the countries starting its initiatives towards Africa in the new international environment that emerged with the end of the Cold War period. Turkey had the advantage of creating a positive atmosphere to apply its historical ties and cultural similarities for the opening to Africa policy in 1998. Also, the declaration of the ‘Year of Africa’ in 2005 gave momentum to implementing soft power diplomacy in some parts of the region. In this context, the Somalia initiative has enhanced Turkey’s position to emerge as one of the active players in the region. The primary purpose of this study is to examine Turkey’s soft power diplomacy toward the African region, focusing on the Somalia initiative, its successes, and the limitations of that policy.","PeriodicalId":474371,"journal":{"name":"EAS journal of humanities and cultural studies","volume":"65 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135353449","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Adi Sutianto DS, Agus Sholahuddin, Sukardi Sukardi
{"title":"Refocusing and Relocation of the Budget in the Pandemic of COVID-19","authors":"Adi Sutianto DS, Agus Sholahuddin, Sukardi Sukardi","doi":"10.36349/easjhcs.2023.v05i05.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36349/easjhcs.2023.v05i05.002","url":null,"abstract":"Governmental policies have automatically changed when COVID-19 was declared a national pandemic. The principal concerns regarding monetary settlements by the federal and regional governments are not an exception in this case. Based on the duties of the Regional People's Representative Council (DPRD) in the East Kutai Regency Government, this research was carried out to describe policy implementation and identify the encouraging and discouraging factors for refocusing policy implementation and budget reallocation during the COVID-19 pandemic. The method used in this kind of research is qualitative descriptive research. The East Kutai Regency's DPRD Office is where this study is being conducted. An interactive model created by Miles, Huberman, and Saldana (2014: 10–19) was utilized for the data analysis, which included data collection, data reduction, data display, and conclusion/verification. According to the study's findings, there were precise guidelines for implementing the strategy of refocusing and reallocating the regional revenue and expenditure budget (APBD) during the COVID-19 epidemic in East Kutai Regency. This rule sets forth the processes and tools for carrying out the decision to reallocate and refocus APBD in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The municipal administration has engaged in extensive and ongoing socialization by including relevant stakeholders in various communication channels. In addition, sufficient facilities, knowledge, and human resources are necessary for effective policy implementation.","PeriodicalId":474371,"journal":{"name":"EAS journal of humanities and cultural studies","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134969613","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rizky Redita Sari, Agus Sholahuddin, Catur Wahyudi
{"title":"Limitations on the Use of Plastic Shopping Bags in Modern Retail","authors":"Rizky Redita Sari, Agus Sholahuddin, Catur Wahyudi","doi":"10.36349/easjhcs.2023.v05i05.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36349/easjhcs.2023.v05i05.001","url":null,"abstract":"This research was conducted to describe and analyze the Implementation of Restrictions on the Use of Plastic Shopping Bags in Modern Retailers based on Jambi Mayor Regulation Number 61 of 2018 concerning Restrictions on the Use of Plastic Shopping Bags at the Jambi City Environment Service. The type of research used is descriptive qualitative research with an inductive approach with the aim of a clear, in-depth and systematic description of the Implementation of restrictions on the use of plastic shopping bags in modern retail. This policy aims to reduce the use of plastic or single-use shopping bags. The focus of this research consists of four aspects: communication, resources, disposition, bureaucratic structure, and the driving factors and inhibiting factors for implementing restrictions on the use of plastic shopping bags at the Jambi City Environment Service. Data collection techniques, namely, interview techniques, observation and documentation, were analyzed using data reduction, data presentation and concluding. The results of this study state that policy implementation has not been optimal because there are still constraints from human resources and limited budgets, and there is no standard operating procedure (SOP) in policy implementation. Business actors are required to implement non-plastic bags, and business actors carry out communication, information and education strategies to consumers, but this has yet to be realized optimally. Public legal awareness still needs to be improved in fulfilling this policy.","PeriodicalId":474371,"journal":{"name":"EAS journal of humanities and cultural studies","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134969614","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Inter-state and Intra-state Wars and Conflicts in the Horn of Africa","authors":"Merhawi Yemane, Iris Borowy","doi":"10.36349/easjhcs.2023.v05i04.009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36349/easjhcs.2023.v05i04.009","url":null,"abstract":"For the last five decades, there have been extensive, continuous, and challenging intra- and inter-state wars and conflicts in the Horn of Africa. As a result, the peace and stability of the region as well as the socioeconomic development and livelihood of the population have suffered greatly. This study explores the reasons for the frequent conflicts in the region, analyzing the different types of conflict that frequently take place in the region. On the basis of a systematic probe of individual studies the conflicts in the region are categorized as state-society conflicts, state-state conflicts, and society-society conflicts. In addition, regardless of how the stake-holders of the region perceive the situation, intra-state and inter-state conflicts in the region have their roots in the long and complex history of state formation processes and struggles, identity conflicts, political economy, competition for scarce resources, and external intervention.","PeriodicalId":474371,"journal":{"name":"EAS journal of humanities and cultural studies","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135236415","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}