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.

• 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

"This powerful and important book confirms the depth of energy poverty in post-communist Europe, with ten, detailed, country chapters. It provides an accolade to the European COST programme - and the ENGAGER project in particular – as it shows the real benefits that come from sharing knowledge and then learning from it. This, the first comprehensive review of energy poverty in post-communist Europe, will help to ensure that future policy is based on a clearer understanding - if the policy-makers want to listen. And, where politicians continue to evade the issues, we, the academics, activists and the concerned, will have a stronger basis for holding them to account. It is strongly recommended." -- Brenda Boardman, Emeritus Fellow, Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford, UKThis work was supported by a grant of the Romanian Ministry of Education and Research, CNCS/CCCDI-UEFISCDI, project number PN-III-P3.6-H2020-2020-0063.