Moises Arce
Office: 314 Professional Bldg.
Phone: 573-882-7791
Email: ArceM@missouri.edu
Web: web.missouri.edu/~arcem/
Moises Arce (Associate Professor) has been with the Department since 2006. He received his Ph.D. in 2000 from the University of New Mexico and specializes in the politics of market transitions in Latin America.
Research Statement
My primary research interests are in the areas of the politics of market reform, comparative political economy, public opinion, and the politics of protest and discontent. My current research examines the subnational consequences of economic liberalization in Latin America with an emphasis on the politics of protest and discontent. Theorizing about the causes of the resurgence of collective activity in civil society during the post-adjustment period has lagged behind considerably, and the broad impact of protest activity on economic liberalization and democratization remains unexplored. Building upon theoretical work in the fields of political economy and the politics of protest, this research seeks to demonstrate how economic liberalization has led to growing subnational economic inequalities, while at the same time increasing protest activity that is territorially based. This long-term project collects comparable data on domestic conflicts in a number of Latin American countries for the period after the most recent wave of neoliberal reforms and draws on case studies of eventful protests against neoliberal reforms in Bolivia, Peru, Argentina and Venezuela.
Courses Taught
Latin American Government and Politics
Comparative Politics of Developing Areas
Third World Politics
Politics of Development
Comparative Democratization
Comparative Political Institutions
Introduction to Comparative Politics
Comparative Political Economy (Graduate)
State and Society in Comparative Perspective (Graduate)
Latin American Politics (Graduate)
Recent Representative Publications
"Low Intensity Democracy Revisited: The Effects of Economic Liberalization on Political Activity in Latin America," with Paul T. Bellinger, Jr. World Politics 60, 1 (October 2007): 97+.
Market Reform in Society: Post-crisis Politics and Economic Change in Authoritarian Peru (University Park, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2005).
"Violencia política, asistencia militar de EE.UU. y producción de coca en los Andes Centrales," con Leonardo Reales, Revista de Ciencia Política 26, 1 (2006): 25-47.
"The Drug Laden Balloon: U.S. Military Assistance and Coca Production in the Central Andes," with Stella Rouse, Social Science Quarterly 87, 3 (2006): 540-557.
"The Societal Consequences of Market Reform in Peru," Latin American Politics and Society 48, 1 (2006): 27-54.
"Political Violence and Presidential Approval in Peru," Journal of Politics 65, 2 (2003): 572-583. Translated as "Violencia política y aprobación presidencial en el Perú," Debates en Sociología 27 (2002): 175-187.
"The Sustainability of Economic Reform in a 'Most Likely' Case: Peru," Comparative Politics 35, 3 (2003): 335-354. Reprinted in Revista Apuntes 52-53 (2003): 43-67.
"Globalization, Taxation and Burden-Shifting in Latin America," co-authored with Erik Wibbels, International Organization 57, 1 (2003): 111-136.