Perspectives on Energy Poverty in Post-Communist Europe

This book explores the issue of energy poverty in post-communist Europe and shows how it is viewed and addressed through public policies. This book will be of great interest to researchers in the fields of energy policy and comparative politics, and policymakers in post-communist countries and EU institutions.

Autorentext

George Jiglau is Researcher and Lecturer in Political Science at the Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. ** Anca Sinea is an Energy Policy Researcher at the Center for the Study of Democracy, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. ** Ute Dubois is an Associate Professor of Economics at ISG International Business School, Paris, France.

** Philipp Biermann** is an Economics and Social Science Researcher at University of Magdeburg, Germany.

Inhalt

1. Introduction: Energy Poverty and its Drivers in Post-Communist Europe: The Visible, the Measurable and the Hidden Part 1: Energy Poverty and Politics 2. Trapped in Politics: Energy Poverty in Hungary 3. Inconsistencies in Policy-Making as Drivers of Energy Poverty in Bulgaria 4. Slovenia: The Role of NGOs in the Emergence of Energy Poverty as a Policy Issue Part 2: Energy Poverty, Energy, and Poverty 5. Energy Poverty in a Subsistence-Like Economy: The Case of North Macedonia 6. Energy Poverty as Heating Poverty in Lithuania 7. Energy Poverty Between Energy Paradigms in Poland 8. On How to Fix a Sturdy Energy Poverty System in Romania Part 3: Regional Variations of Energy Poverty 9. Hidden Energy Poverty: The Case of the Czech Republic 10. Divided We (Still) Stand? Energy Poverty in East and West Germany 11. Regional Disparities as Roots of Energy Poverty in Slovakia 12. Conclusions: Energy Poverty as a Threat to Democracy in Post-Communist Countries *

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