Critical concerns in empowerment evaluation such as the role of empowerment theory and multiple levels of empowerment from individual to societal are then discussed the book also provides tools and technical assistance needed to conduct empowerment evaluation the concluding section of the book serves to strengthen the links between empow. Empowerment evaluation knowledge and tools for self assessment evaluation capacity building and accountability fetterman david kaftarian shakeh wandersman . Empowerment evaluation theory and approaches are underpinned by an appreciation of community knowledge and values fetterman et al 2015 but we could not find explicit activities in these. The book includes 10 empowerment evaluation principles a number of models and tools to help put empowerment evaluation into practice reflections on the history and future of the approach and illustrative case studies from a number of different projects in a variety of diverse settings