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Review.

FOCUS IS ON ESSENTIAL & CORE ELEMENTS IN THE ANALYSIS OF PROFESSIONALIZATION IN THE MILITARY. IN TRACING THE DEVELOPMENT OF MILITARY PROFESSIONALISM IT MUST BE ACCEPTED THAT THIS WAS ESSENTIALLY AN ENFORCED PROFESSIONALISM. THE PATTERN OF DEVELOPMENT CAN BE ASSOCIATED WITH 2 MODELS OF CHANGE. IN THE 1ST, POSITIVE REACTION TO ENFORCED PROFESSIONALISM ENCOURAGED THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNALIZED & SELF-DEFINED EXPERTISE. THIS PLACED CONSIDERABLE EMPHASIS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SOCIAL STRUCTURE, THE CODE OF ETHICS, THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY, & ACQUIRED SKILLS OF THE MILITARY ELITE. THE 2ND MODEL, IN CONTRAST, WAS ASSOCIATED WITH PRAGMATIC PROFESSIONALISM. IN RESPONDING TO EXTERNAL PRESSURE, THE MILITARY REJECTED ABSTRACT THEORIES & IDEAL FORMULATIONS OF EXPERTISE OR STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE. INSTEAD, THE MILITARY GRADUALLY AMENDED A TRADITION OF AMATEURISM BY EQUATING PROFESSIONALISM WITH THE MINIMUM & VARYING STANDARDS REQUIRED TO ENSURE TASK PERFORMANCE. PROFESSIONALISM IN THE VICTORIAN ARMY, HOWEVER, DID NOT DEVELOP IN ISOLATION; IT CONSISTENTLY ADJUSTED TO THE PROCESSES OF PROFESSIONAL SOCIALIZATION & THE MECHANISMS OF SOCIOPOLITICAL CONTROL. THIS BECAME INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT IN ACCOUNTING FOR THE MILITARY'S SUBSEQUENT POLITICAL OUTLOOK & ITS CONCEPT OF MILITARY PURPOSE. AN UNDERSTANDING OF THIS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS THEREFORE AN IMPORTANT PREREQUISITE FOR UNDERSTANDING THE CONTEMPORARY BRITISH MILITARY BECAUSE THE CURRENT PROCESS OF PROFESSIONALIZATION WITHIN BRITISH ARMED FORCES IS DERIVED FROM THIS EARLIER DEVELOPMENT. AA.