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Despite the key importance of accountability for the legitimacy of
humanitarian action, inadequate academic attention has been given
to how the concept of accountability is evolving within the
specific branches of the humanitarian enterprise. Up to now, there
exists no comprehensive account of what we label the 'technologies
of accountability', the effects of their interaction, or the
question of how the current turn to decision-making software and
biometrics as both the means and ends of accountability may
contribute to reshaping humanitarian governance. UNHCR and the
Struggle for Accountability explores the UNHCR's quest for
accountability by viewing the UNHCR's accountability obligations
through the web of institutional relationships within which the
agency is placed (beneficiaries, host governments, implementing
partners, donors, the Executive Committee and UNGA). The book takes
a multidisciplinary approach in order to illuminate the various
layers and relationships that constitute accountability and also to
reflect on what constitutes good enough accountability. This book
contributes to the discussion regarding how we construct knowledge
about concepts in humanitarian studies and is a valuable resource
for academics, researchers and professionals in the areas of
anthropology, history, international relations, international law,
science, technology studies and socio-legal studies.
While the military use of drones has been the subject of much
scrutiny, the use of drones for humanitarian purposes has so far
received little attention. As the starting point for this study, it
is argued that the prospect of using drones for humanitarian and
other life-saving activities has produced an alternative discourse
on drones, dedicated to developing and publicizing the endless
possibilities that drones have for "doing good". Furthermore, it is
suggested that the Good Drone narrative has been appropriated back
into the drone warfare discourse, as a strategy to make war "more
human". This book explores the role of the Good Drone as an
organizing narrative for political projects, technology development
and humanitarian action. Its contribution to the debate is to take
stock of the multiple logics and rationales according to which
drones are "good", with a primary objective to initiate a critical
conversation about the political currency of "good". This study
recognizes the many possibilities for the use of drones and takes
these possibilities seriously by critically examining the
difference the drones' functionalities can make, but also what
difference the presence of drones themselves - as unmanned and
flying objects - make. Discussed and analysed are the implications
for the drone industry, user communities, and the areas of crisis
where drones are deployed.
While the military use of drones has been the subject of much
scrutiny, the use of drones for humanitarian purposes has so far
received little attention. As the starting point for this study, it
is argued that the prospect of using drones for humanitarian and
other life-saving activities has produced an alternative discourse
on drones, dedicated to developing and publicizing the endless
possibilities that drones have for "doing good". Furthermore, it is
suggested that the Good Drone narrative has been appropriated back
into the drone warfare discourse, as a strategy to make war "more
human". This book explores the role of the Good Drone as an
organizing narrative for political projects, technology development
and humanitarian action. Its contribution to the debate is to take
stock of the multiple logics and rationales according to which
drones are "good", with a primary objective to initiate a critical
conversation about the political currency of "good". This study
recognizes the many possibilities for the use of drones and takes
these possibilities seriously by critically examining the
difference the drones' functionalities can make, but also what
difference the presence of drones themselves - as unmanned and
flying objects - make. Discussed and analysed are the implications
for the drone industry, user communities, and the areas of crisis
where drones are deployed.
Despite the key importance of accountability for the legitimacy of
humanitarian action, inadequate academic attention has been given
to how the concept of accountability is evolving within the
specific branches of the humanitarian enterprise. Up to now, there
exists no comprehensive account of what we label the 'technologies
of accountability', the effects of their interaction, or the
question of how the current turn to decision-making software and
biometrics as both the means and ends of accountability may
contribute to reshaping humanitarian governance. UNHCR and the
Struggle for Accountability explores the UNHCR's quest for
accountability by viewing the UNHCR's accountability obligations
through the web of institutional relationships within which the
agency is placed (beneficiaries, host governments, implementing
partners, donors, the Executive Committee and UNGA). The book takes
a multidisciplinary approach in order to illuminate the various
layers and relationships that constitute accountability and also to
reflect on what constitutes good enough accountability. This book
contributes to the discussion regarding how we construct knowledge
about concepts in humanitarian studies and is a valuable resource
for academics, researchers and professionals in the areas of
anthropology, history, international relations, international law,
science, technology studies and socio-legal studies.
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