Partnership and Power Dynamics in Personnel Cooperation—Results of Field Research

This chapter takes a critical, analytical look at this very collaboration and analyzes challenges that the CPS faces. In particular, this empirical analysis will make it clear that organizations like the CPS want to take local actors seriously in their collaboration and pursue a (supposedly) partnership approach in their work. However, they are confronted with inherent power structures that systematically hinder their efforts for partnership, local responsibility, and horizontal engagement. The results are presented using stories from participant observation. This ethnographic, innovative way of presentation allows readers to better understand the research and subsequent reflection.