ABSTRACT
Apparently, drafters of constitutional texts, and lawyers in general, consider that democracy and social security go together well, and even strengthen each other. However, is this correct? Is this a happy marriage indeed? Or is the relationship between democracy and social security somewhat more problematic? These are the core questions addressed in this chapter. To do so, the following topics are subsequently dealt with: Can you have a democracy without social security? Can you have social security without democracy? How does democracy impact social security? What about the internal democracy of social security? And, finally, how do individual rights question democratically taken social security decisions?
