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“To be or not to be a profession: The military case”

C. J. Downes John M. Olin Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for International Affairs, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA
Pages 147-171 | Published online: 19 Oct 2007

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Sallek Yaks Musa & Lindy Heinecken. (2022) The effect of military (un)professionalism on civil-military relations and security in Nigeria. African Security Review 31:2, pages 157-173.
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Tamir Libel. (2019) From the sociology of the (military) profession to the sociology of (security) expertise: the case of European national defence universities. Defence Studies 19:1, pages 62-84.
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Jen-Wei Cheng & Tzu-Wei Su. (2013) Career Plateauing and Institutional/Occupational Intention for Taiwanese Career Officers. Military Psychology 25:2, pages 156-165.
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Gwyn Harries‐Jenkins. (1990) The concept of military professionalism. Defense Analysis 6:2, pages 117-130.
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Barış Ateş. (2022) Civil–Military Relations and Education of Military Elites in Türkiye: Lessons Learned From the Past. Armed Forces & Society 50:1, pages 253-273.
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David Morgan-Owen & Alex Gould. (2022) The politics of future war: Civil-military relations and military doctrine in Britain. European Journal of International Security 7:4, pages 551-571.
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Amichai Cohen & Stuart Alan Cohen. (2020) Beyond the Conventional Civil–Military “Gap”: Cleavages and Convergences in Israel. Armed Forces & Society 48:1, pages 164-184.
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Matthew Ford & Alexander Gould. (2021) From warrior geek to prototype warrior: entrepreneurialism, future war, and the emergence of twenty-first century civil-military relations. Digital War 2:1-3, pages 35-50.
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Tamir Libel. 2020. Rethinking Military Professionalism for the Changing Armed Forces. Rethinking Military Professionalism for the Changing Armed Forces 13 28 .
Krystal K. Hachey, Tamir Libel & Zack Partington. 2020. Rethinking Military Professionalism for the Changing Armed Forces. Rethinking Military Professionalism for the Changing Armed Forces 201 211 .
Laura Rowe. 2018. Morale and Discipline in the Royal Navy during the First World War. Morale and Discipline in the Royal Navy during the First World War.
Marina Nuciari. 2018. Handbook of the Sociology of the Military. Handbook of the Sociology of the Military 35 60 .
Juha Mäkinen. (2017) Book Review: European Military Culture and Security Governance: Soldiers, Scholars and National Defence Universities. Armed Forces & Society 43:4, pages 758-760.
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Giuseppe Caforio. 2012. New Wars, New Militaries, New Soldiers: Conflicts, the Armed Forces and the Soldierly Subject. New Wars, New Militaries, New Soldiers: Conflicts, the Armed Forces and the Soldierly Subject 3 18 .
Paul Latawski. 2002. The Challenge of Military Reform in Postcommunist Europe. The Challenge of Military Reform in Postcommunist Europe 19 33 .
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