Jacobsen, Katja Lindskov.

The politics of humanitarian technology good intentions, unintended consequences and insecurity / [electronic resource] : Katja Lindskov Jacobsen. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2015. - 1 online resource (xi, 183 p.) - Routledge studies in conflict, security and technology .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [152]-176) and index.

1. Humanitarian technology -- 2. Humanitarian challenges and new technologies -- 3. Theorizing technology -- 4. Humanitarian biometrics -- 5. GM food aid and the molecular subject as political -- 6. Humanitarian vaccination, vilization and expansion of power -- 7. Humanitarian aspirations and technology expectations.

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Humanitarian assistance--Technological innovations.
Humanitarianism--Technological innovations.
Technology--Moral and ethical aspects.