https://journal.pencerah.org/index.php/jspi/issue/feed 2026-06-18T06:25:30+00:00 Vellayati Hajad vellayatihajad@utu.ac.id Open Journal Systems <div style="border: 2px #007DCC solid; padding: 10px; background-color: #eefbed; text-align: left;"> <ol> <li>Journal Title : Journal of Social and Policy Issues</li> <li>Editor in Chief : <a href="https://sinta.kemdikbud.go.id/authors/profile/258825" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dr. Vellayati Hajad, M.A</a></li> <li>Publisher : <a href="https://pencerah.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pencerah Publishing</a></li> <li>DOI Prefix : <a href="https://search.crossref.org/?q=2807-3843&amp;from_ui=yes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">10.58835</a> by Crossref </li> <li>ISSN : <a href="https://issn.brin.go.id/terbit/detail/20210811231058424" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2807-3843</a> (online) l <a href="https://issn.brin.go.id/terbit/detail/20220517141039844" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2829-8632</a> (print)</li> <li>Frequency : 4 issues every year (March, June, September and December)</li> <li>Citation Analysis : <a href="https://doaj.org/toc/2807-3843?source=%7B%22query%22%3A%7B%22bool%22%3A%7B%22must%22%3A%5B%7B%22terms%22%3A%7B%22index.issn.exact%22%3A%5B%222829-8632%22%2C%222807-3843%22%5D%7D%7D%5D%7D%7D%2C%22size%22%3A100%2C%22sort%22%3A%5B%7B%22created_date%22%3A%7B%22order%22%3A%22desc%22%7D%7D%5D%2C%22_source%22%3A%7B%7D%2C%22track_total_hits%22%3Atrue%7D" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DOAJ</a> l <a href="https://scholar.google.co.id/citations?user=1V3A1oIAAAAJ&amp;hl=id" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Google Scholar</a> l <a href="https://journals.indexcopernicus.com/search/details?id=70036" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Copernicus</a> l <a href="https://app.dimensions.ai/discover/publication?search_mode=content&amp;or_facet_source_title=jour.1449603" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dimensions</a></li> </ol> </div> <p style="text-align: left;"><img style="margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 15px; box-shadow: 5px 5px 5px gray; float: left;" src="https://journal.pencerah.org/public/site/images/admin/jspi.jpg" width="174" height="247" /></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="en"><strong>Journal Social and Policy Issues (JSPI)</strong> is a double-blind peer-reviewed journal published by Pencerah Publishing, Meulaboh, Aceh, Indonesia. The journal publishes research articles, conceptual articles, and book reviews on social and policy issues (<a href="https://journal.pencerah.org/index.php/jspi/Focus_Scope" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>See Focus and Scope</strong></a>). The articles of this journal are published 4 times a year; March, June, September, and December.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">From the beginning of its publication in 2021, <strong>JSPI</strong> has been registered with Crossref. All articles published by<strong> JSPI</strong> have a DOI number. <strong>JSPI</strong> is also indexed by Google Scholar, Garuda, Dimensions, DOAJ, and more indexing please go <strong>here</strong>. Since in 2024, JSPI has been accredited by <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iQR_ksX8Hj2rvmQsouAu_uIlrBi4BKFx/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>SINTA 4</strong></a> based on the Decree of the Director General of Higher Education, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia Number 1439/E5/DT.05.00/2024. This accreditation is effective from publication Vol 1. No 1. 2021.</p> <p><strong>Journal Secretariat: </strong><strong>Pencerah Publishing. </strong>Jl. Garuda No 102 Meulaboh, Aceh, Indonesia.</p> <p><strong>Email: </strong><a href="mailto:pencerahpublishing@gmail.com">pencerahpublishing@gmail.com</a> I <a href="mailto:jspi@pencerah.org">jspi@pencerah.org </a></p> https://journal.pencerah.org/index.php/jspi/article/view/734 2026-06-05T05:00:54+00:00 Husyam Husyam husyam@unitaspalembang.ac.id Lies Nur Intan liesnurintan2020@gmail.com Chitra Imelda chitraimelda@unitaspalembang.ac.id

<p>This study examines the role of civil society in responding to democratic challenges in Indonesia and the Philippines within the ASEAN context during 2019–2026. While prior research has addressed civil society, digital activism, populism, and institutional safeguards separately, few studies integrate these dimensions in a comparative framework. This study aims to analyze how civil society strategies, state responses, digital activism, electoral mechanisms, and legal safeguards interact to support democratic sustainability under increasing populist and institutional pressures. Using a qualitative comparative approach with a case study design, the study analyzes secondary data from journal articles, policy documents, democracy reports, digital archives, and credible media sources, examined through thematic analysis and cross-case comparison. The findings suggest that in Indonesia, civil society employs hybrid digital activism, community-based advocacy, and judicial mechanisms to navigate oligarchic influence, fragmented electoral law, and digital polarization. In the Philippines, civil society faces stronger populist repression, state-led constraints, and shrinking civic space, yet maintains adaptive resilience through strategic litigation, human rights advocacy, international networks, and local mobilization. These findings highlight the critical role of adaptive civil society and institutional safeguards in sustaining democratic processes, while emphasizing that democratic resilience cannot be inferred solely from formal electoral institutions. This study contributes conceptually by framing civil society as a socio-political infrastructure that mediates between citizens and institutions, extending theoretical understanding of how hybrid activism and civic strategies support democratic sustainability in ASEAN. The study is limited to Indonesia and the Philippines during 2019–2026, and results should be interpreted cautiously when considering broader generalizations.</p>

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