The objective of SOSIETAS is to publish outstanding and original articles which advance the theoretical understanding of and promote and report empirical research about the widest range of sociological topics. The journal encourages, and welcomes, submission of papers which report findings using both quantitative and qualitative research methods articles challenging conventional concepts and proposing new conceptual approaches and accounts of methodological innovation and the research process. Research Notes provide a means of briefly summarising results from recent or current studies or short discussions of methodological problems and solutions. Critical review essays and book reviews are seen as ways of promoting vigorous scholarly debate. SOSIETAS publish twice a year in March and September. SOSIETAS is published by Sociology Education Study Program, Faculty of Social Science Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia. SOSIETAS editors ensure that the article publishing process runs objectively through a double blind review.