Developing effective evaluation partnerships: paradigmatic and contextual barriers

Collaborative partnerships have become a custom fundamental to the practice of communi-ty psychology (e.g., Kelly, 1988). The involve-ment of stakeholders in all aspects of the re-search and evaluation process is expected to in-crease opportunities for empowerment, (e.g., Bartunek, Foster-Fishman, & Keys, in press) enhance local ownership (e.g., Butterfoss, Good