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This book is a brilliantly successful attempt to account for the apparent transition from the fierce, bitter assault on the idea of empire by the writers of the second half of the eighteenth century-from Montesquieu and Adam Smith to Benjamin Constant-to the often self-congratulatory, high-minded endorsement of a new kind of imperial mission less than half a century later, here associated most clearly with the writings of John Stuart Mill and Alexis de Book Reviews | Political Theory 574 Perspectives on Politics INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

The plays of Shakespeare have been read for pleasure and used for a variety of purposes for more than 400 years. They are known to contain profound insights into political leadership, but less attention has been given to the many insights Shakespeare offers public administrators at all levels. The articles included here are a modest correction of this deficiency.One of the continuing debates in administrative ethics is the proper use of case studies to understand how ethical issues arise in real settings. The difficulty is not that such an approach is not useful, as nearly every scholar of administrative ethics and class on the topic uses case studies to bring relevant concepts of ethics to bear on practical problems. Rather, the problem is that case studies necessarily limit the factors under consideration in order to concentrate attention on a few key points. This is an effective way to isolate the essential ethical facts of a situation, but such an approach does not present a realistic view of the total environment in which administrators actually work. As a result, the case study method can sometimes lead to a reductionist view of ethical problems and often encourages solutions that are unrealistic or inadequate for a complex work environment demanding more than superficial solutions.Correspondence should be sent to

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