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Mervyn Stone
Author(s) -
Stone Mervyn
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
significance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1740-9713
pISSN - 1740-9705
DOI - 10.1111/j.1740-9713.2010.00410.x
Subject(s) - government (linguistics) , point (geometry) , political science , law , management , economics , philosophy , mathematics , linguistics , geometry
Why do governments treat their scientific advisers so badly? Mervyn Stone believes he knows – and he can point to the fiascos that result when research is abused. In the wake of the sacking of a leading scientific adviser to the government, he speaks to Julian Champkin.