Empowerment Evaluation in the Digital Villages: Hewlett-Packard's $15 Million Race Toward Social Justice - Tapa dura

"The image of a race is woven throughout the book, providing compelling comparisons that drive home Fetterman's understanding of the context, the project, and empowerment evaluation. Fetterman successfully uses these comparisons to communicate the way he views the role of various aspects of empowerment evaluation . . . Empowerment Evaluation in the Digital Villages is a well-organized book that makes impressive use of central imagery to engage readers . . . [I]t is a recommended read." -- Adina Jacobson * The Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation * "Fetterman presents both positives and pitfalls to stress the lessons learned that had a positive impact on the project outcomes and stakeholders. While each evaluation context is different, the work practices presented in this book will help other evaluators to understand what is possible when they are working in a participatory paradigm." -- Lennise Baptiste, M&E Specialist * Caribbean Health Research Council * "This book makes a significant contribution to the empowerment evaluation literature. It provides detailed cases of empowerment evaluation in action that will help practitioners to understand implementation issues, challenges, and the benefits of using this evaluative approach." -- Stewart I. Donaldson * Claremont Graduate University, author of Program Theory-Driven Evaluation Science and Coeditor of What Counts as Credible Evidence in Applied Research and Evaluation Practice? *

This book presents a large-scale, multi-site case example of how empowerment evaluation was used to facilitate the $15 Million Hewlett-Packard Digital Village Initiative, designed to bridge the digital divide in communities of color.