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Technology and Equality
KTH, School of Architecture and the Built Environment (ABE), Philosophy and History, Philosophy.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0071-3919
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States.
2024 (English)Collection (editor) (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

We live in a world of rapidly growing gaps between rich and poor. In the rich parts of the world, new resource-consuming devices are launched every year. But at the same time, about a fourth of the world's population does not have access to clean drinking water, and more than half lack safely managed sanitation. What role does technology have in these growing global inequalities? Is technological development the root cause of inequality? Or is the unequal distribution of technology just a mirror of social inequities that have other causes? And can new technologies be instrumental in making the world less unfair? In Technology and Equality, these issues are addressed from a wide range of perspectives by scholars in disciplines such as history, sociology, gender studies, anthropology, economics, law, ethics, and philosophy. Case studies highlight technology-related inequalities for instance in climate mitigation, public transport, access to water, waste management, sanitation, air pollution, healthcare, digital communication, and law enforcement. The more theoretical chapters provide tools and concepts that are helpful for analyzing and understanding the relationships between technology and inequality in other applications and in more general perspectives.

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Bloomsbury Academic , 2024. , p. 240
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Philosophy Science and Technology Studies
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-372602DOI: 10.5040/9798881868871Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105018985193ISBN: 9781538184998 (print)ISBN: 9798881863692 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-372602DiVA, id: diva2:2013045
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