INSIDERS AND OUTSIDERS - WOMENS MOVEMENTS AND ORGANIZATIONAL-EFFECTIVENESS

The organizational effectiveness of women's movements in Canada and Fi nland is explored, with a focus on child-care policy development (1960 -1990), and with consideration of country-specific structural constrai nts. Three effectiveness outcomes (program, mobilization and cultural) of feminist and woman-centred organizations are examined. Finnish wom en's organizations have been more effective in all three dimensions, w hereas Canadian women's organizations have produced cultural outcomes but remain limited in the other two dimensions. Finnish women's superi or goal attainment is a result of their political insider position and their greater ability to create alliances with outside organizations and, more importantly, among women's organizations.