Good enough sovereignty, or on land as property and territory in Latvia
Authors: Dace Dzenovska
Location: Latvia
Themes: Capitalism, Geopolitics, Postsocialism, Sovereignty, The Countryside, The Rural
Drawing on ethnographic analysis of the tensions surrounding the Danish presence in the Latvian countryside and on historical analysis of the shifting regimes of ownership and rule since the beginning of the twentieth century, this article traces the emergence of ‘good enough sovereignty’ as a form of political practice aimed at ensuring continued existence of the Latvian state and Latvian farmers.