ABSTRACT
Given that domestic energy deprivation in ECE emerged under specific social, economic and political circumstances, it is important to ask whether there are any special reasons for its rise in this particular context: what is it about the postCommunist transition that led to the expansion of domestic energy deprivation at this place and moment in time? In order to answer this question it is necessary to take a closer look not only at the developments that have marked the post-socialist transformation process, but also the concepts, knowledges and discourses that have guided decision-makers in the relevant countries. This chapter thus examines the gap between theory and practice in the production of energy poverty. It looks at the different ways in which experts and policy-makers have responded to the changing political and economic realities of the post-socialist world.
