01962nas a2200229   4500008004100000245011900041210006900160260001500229300000800244490000700252520127500259653001201534653000701546653003201553653000901585653002101594653002601615653001301641100001301654700002101667856004401688       2022                        eng d00aBrothers in Arms? How neoliberalism connects North and South Higher Education: Finland and Portugal in perspective0 aBrothers in Arms How neoliberalism connects North and South High  c13/05/2022  a2130 v113 a<p>This paper puts in perspective the reforms of the Portuguese and Finnish higher education (HE) sectors in the light of the role intergovernmental organisations have—especially the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)—in influencing neoliberal public policies in these countries. On the year that the OECD celebrates its 62nd anniversary, (the OECD was founded with this name on 14 December 1960 by 20 countries, following the establishment of the former European Economic Co-operation (OEEC) in April 1948) and by comparing two different countries, this article analyses the extent to which the OECD has been and is an “imperial agent” in Portuguese and Finnish HE policies. By cross-comparing the OECD reports of both HE systems, the empirical data shows how the OECD proposes neoliberal reforms based on three main components of neoliberalism: market, management and performativity in different countries. Taking these proposals into account, Portugal and Finland undertook similar HE legislative reforms despite their geographical, historical, cultural and economic differences. The data reveal a convergence in HE policies in these countries, anticipating the reinforcement of neoliberal policies at the national level.&nbsp;</p>
10aFinland10aHE10aNew Public Management (NPM)10aOECD10apolicy diffusion10apolicy implementation10aPortugal1 aDiogo, S1 aCarvalho, Teresa  uhttps://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/11/5/21302613nas a2200253   4500008004100000245010500041210006900146260001500215300001400230490000700244520183500251653002702086653001302113653001902126653001502145653001802160653003202178653001502210653001702225100001302242700002102255700001802276856006502294       2020                        eng d00aNomination vs. election: do they influence women’s access to institutional decision-making bodies?0 aNomination vs election do they influence women s access to insti  c31/10/2020  a879–8980 v253 a<p>Portuguese higher education institutions (HEIs) are excellent case-studies of women representation in academia, considering their significant presence and rapid growth in HEIs. Nevertheless, and despite efforts to minimise gender gaps, women are still underrepresented in top management and leading positions, contributing to increment the phenomenon of vertical segregation. Based on the reality of the Portuguese academia, and focusing on an in-depth case study of a Portuguese university, this paper analyses if and how the way decision-making bodies are constituted, influence the gender balance of their members. Recently, within the New Public Management (NPM) context, HEIs have been subjected to external pressures to create a new organisational environment aiming at substituting the collegial model of governance with a managerial one. In this context, there has been a trend to replace the election by the nomination as the dominant process to occupy decision-making positions. The opening hypothesis of this study is that the way decision-making bodies are constituted, impacts on their gender balance. More specifically, it is argued that the nomination process tends to be more advantageous to women than the election. However, although it is possible to conclude that the gender balance decreases with the increasing importance of the decision-making body, it is not accurate to say that there is a direct relationship between the way actors are chosen to these bodies and their gender balance. In other words, the way actors are chosen can not be seen as the only factor influencing the gender constitution of decision-making bodies. The study provides a relevant contribution to the literature on mechanisms and strategies to improve gender equality in institutional decision-making processes and bodies.</p>
10aDecision-making bodies10aElection10aGender balance10aGovernance10aManagerialism10aNew Public Management (NPM)10aNomination10auniversities1 aDiogo, S1 aCarvalho, Teresa1 aBreda, Zélia  uhttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10997-020-09538-6