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The creation and distribution of Risk-A Contested Concept 31 wealth has been replaced by the quest for safety. Progress has turned into self-destruction as an unintended consequence through the inexorable and incremental processes of modernization itself. Beck distinguishes modern risks from older dangers by their scale and invisibility, and the need for experts to detect them, despite their limited ability to do so. Risks, as opposed to older dangers, are consequences, which relate to the threatening force of modernization and globalization.
200l, 86). From a normative standpoint this approach embeds key assumptions. To start, complex technological systems are accessible to detailed human comprehension and that a reductionist approach is the best way to understand the systems. , 2001, 91). Moreover, the approach upholds the privileged position of the one who designed the model-the expert. , 2001, 86). I Constructionist/Individual Psychology and Psychometrics The psychometric paradigm draws on the work of cognitive psychologists such as Slovic (1992) to conceptualize risks as personal expressions of individual fears or expectations.
2001, 207). Luhmann notes the increased interest in risk at the same time as increased specialization in systems (Luhmann, 1993,28). In short, there is a paradox. The more systems evolve and specialize, the more critical it is for communication and coordination between these systems. Yet, at the same time these systems become more self-referential and unable to communicate between themselves. In this setting, there is no risk-free behaviour. Interdependence and complexity means that there is no guaranteed risk-free decision (Luhmann, 1993, 28).