Abstract
The paper adapts Seymour M. Lipset’s thesis, which draws a correlation between economic
development and democracy, to argue that the former is the basis for human security. Effectively, it argues that human security (better life chances) is made more possible and sustainable through a productive economy, with the implication that an economy requires a government to function and grow. My position also rests on the idea that social rights as abstract ideals by themselves do not change social class inequalities and the insecurities they breed, but state policies that are designed and supported to obviate the insecurities of citizens might.
