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There is, to all appearances, a philosophic hostility to fashionable dress. Studying this contempt, this paper examines likely sources in philosophy's suspicion of change; anxiety about surfaces and the inessential; failures in the face of death; and the philosophic disdain for, denial of, the human body and human passivity. If there are feminist concerns about fashion, they should be radically different from those of traditional philosophy. Whatever our ineluctable worries about desire and death, whatever our appropriate anger and impatience with the merely superficial, whatever our genuine need to mark off the serious from the trivial, feminism may be a corrective therapy for philosophy's bad humor and self-deception, as these manifest themselves when the subject turns to beautiful clothes.

PurposeThis paper aims to present a case study of the Philadelphia region's efforts to implement a regional approach to economic development by relying on business‐civic leadership to transcend governmental boundaries.Design/methodology/approachThe paper examines the role of leadership in organizations representing business interests, and the competing and conflicting perspectives on the "right" scale to do so – local and/or regional, drawing on participatory insights into the relevant processes.FindingsWhile ad‐hoc partnerships and governance are often recognized as important elements of economic competitiveness for metropolitan areas by key civic and business leaders, established localist and institutional‐organizational interests and strategies may counteract that. Overcoming long‐established fragmentation requires a high level of attention to symbolism and the details of inclusiveness in organizational and spatial terms.Originality/valueThe recognition and study of city‐regional governance is very topical. The contribution of this paper is timely and offers a rare insight into the practical side of city‐regional governance, thus illuminating theoretical arguments.

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the effect of behavioralism upon the study of the United Nations as reflected in journal articles published during the period 1950-1969.Scope and Method of This StudyIn recent years students of politics have become increasingly self-conscious about the spread of behavioral methods and viewpoints within the discipline. A great deal of energy has been expended in explaining what behavioralism is, defending it, attacking it, or trying to reconcile it with more traditional approaches.

OBJECTIVE: The evaluation of memory complaints in mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) remains an important clinical consideration especially in the context of comorbid psychiatric symptoms such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). We compared subjective memory complaints in Veterans with and without a history of mTBI, examined ratings between those with single versus multiple mTBIs, and investigated associations between memory complaints and PTSD symptom severity. METHODS: 117 outpatient Veterans (mTBI=79 [single-mTBI=22, multiple-mTBI=57], Military Controls (MCs)=38) completed a TBI history assessment, the Prospective-Retrospective Memory Questionnaire (PRMQ), and the PTSD Checklist-Military Version (PCL-M). RESULTS: Hierarchical multiple regression showed greater PCL-M scores significantly predicted elevated PRMQ-Total scores, accounting for 38% of the variance explained (p.50). CONCLUSIONS: Comorbid PTSD symptoms are an important factor when considering memory complaints in Veterans with a reported history of mTBI. However, independent of comorbid PTSD symptoms, mTBI status—particularly in the context of repetitive neurotrauma—uniquely contributes to memory complaints. Findings suggest Veterans with a history of multiple mTBIs may be a particularly vulnerable group in need of specialized interventions and/or psychoeducation.