RICHARD LEHNE, Professor, received his B.A. from Reed College and his Ph.D. from the Maxwell School, Syracuse University. He has taught previously at St. Lawrence University and was Gastprofessor at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitaet, Frankfurt/Main in the spring-summer semester 1993. His primary field of interest is the interaction between the political process and industrial decision making, focusing on advanced industrial nations, especially Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. His approach is presented in Industry and Politics: United States in Comparative Perspective (Prentice Hall, 1993). His current work examines the governmental decision process for programs to promote commercial technologies, and he has recently completed review essays in this area for the American Political Science Review and the Policy Studies Review. His earlier work concentrated on New Jersey policy issues and resulted in the publication of The Quest for Justice: The Politics of School Finance Reform (Longman, 1978); Casino Policy: an analysis of industry regulation (Rutgers University Press, 1986); Politics in New Jersey, co-editor and contributor, revised edition, (Rutgers, 1979); as well as numerous other articles and reports.