Fetterman’s targets of empowerment evaluation include a wide range of organizations and groups, from
state governments to local boards of education (Fetterman et al., 1996)
Examples cited in Fetterman’s book vary in the process and amount of empowerment; nonetheless, they are empowering experiences for the par ticipants.
This perspective resembles Lather’s (1992) ‘emancipatory approach to inquiry’ recently cited by Mertens et al.
(1994) with the focus on groups of individuals
Through participation and collaboration, empowerment is achieved
Thus, empowerment evaluation is an approach as well as an ideology in evaluation