Moisés Arce

Moisés Arce is Professor of Political Science at the University of Missouri, specializing in Latin American political dynamics with a focus on Peru's resource extraction conflicts and protest movements. His work bridges political economy and democratic theory within developing contexts.

His research rigorously analyzes territorial unevenness in democracy through subnational political conditions, emphasizing how political party fragmentation impairs accountability mechanisms and expands contention opportunities. Arce employs political process theory to examine 31 years of protest events, revealing critical interactions between institutional representation quality, party competition levels, and government responsiveness to antimarket contention.