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The Late Profession of Arms

Ambiguous Goals and Deteriorating Means in Britain

Bibliographic Data

ID4180727
AuthorsPhilip Abrams (corresponding author)
Year1965
Volume6
Issue2
Pages238-261
Publication date1965-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEuropean Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-9756 • E-ISSN: 1474-0583
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0003975600001247
OpenAlexW2010136017
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited7

These three statements distil the dilemma of the armed forces in Britain-a dilemma compounded of obscure and conflicting goals, a pervasive anxiety as to the nature and viability of military professionalism and internal conflicts and misunderstandings which themselves symbolise a deeper alienation from contemporary British society

Alienation · Dilemma · Epistemology · Political science · Sociology · Defense, Military, and Policy Studies · Gender, Security, and Conflict · History · Law · Military History and Strategy · Philosophy

  • Deprofessionalization and its Sources

    Open Access•Nina Toren•Sociology of Work and Occupations•1975

  • Social Recruitment and Political Orientations of the Officer Corps in a Comparative Perspective

    George A Kourvetaris, Betty A Dobratz•The Pacific Sociological Review•1973

  • Armed Forces in Western Europe

    Open Access•Morris Janowitz•European Journal of Sociology•1965

  • Mutamenti Socio-Economici, Elites E Decadenza Politica

    Open Access•G Pasquino•Italian Political Science…•1973

  • The ruling class

    Gaetano Mosca•The ruling class•1960

  • And the cost of defence

    Angela Day, A C L Day•Survival•1960

  • Defence in a Changing World

    A D Nicholl•International Affairs•1965

  • New Dimensions in Foreign Policy

    Geoffrey Barraclough•International Affairs•1962

  • Leaders of British Industry

    Charlotte Erickson, George Henry Copeman•The Economic Journal•1955

  • Social Origins of Officers in the Indian and British Home Army

    Peter Razzell, P E Razzell•British Journal of Sociology•1963

Unique citing works4
Citations per year0,07
Citation span1965 - 1975 (11)
Citation velocityhistorical
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 4

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