| The mild voice of reason: Deliberative democracy and American national government JM Bessette University of Chicago press, 1994 | 917 | 1994 |
| Deliberative democracy: The majority principle in republican government JM Bessette How democratic is the constitution?, 1980 | 841 | 1980 |
| The rise of the rhetorical presidency JW Ceaser, GE Thurow, J Tulis, JM Bessette Presidential Studies Quarterly 11 (2), 158-171, 1981 | 421 | 1981 |
| Presidency in the Constitutional Order JM Bessette Transaction Publishers, 1981 | 79 | 1981 |
| American government and politics: Deliberation, democracy and citizenship JM Bessette, JJ Pitney Nelson Education, 2013 | 42 | 2013 |
| Accountability: political JM Bessette Pergamon, 2001 | 32 | 2001 |
| The Constitution, politics, and the presidency JM Bessette, J Tuils The presidency in the constitutional order, 3-30, 2017 | 30 | 2017 |
| By Man Shall His Blood Be Shed: A Catholic Defense of the Death Penalty E Feser, J Bessette Ignatius Press, 2017 | 28 | 2017 |
| How democratic is the constitution? J Bessette, R Goldwin, WA Schambra Deliberative Democracy: The Majority Principle in Republican Government, 102-116, 1980 | 26 | 1980 |
| The constitutional presidency JM Bessette, JK Tulis Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009 | 23 | 2009 |
| Is Congress a Deliberative Body? JM Bessette The United States Congress (Chestnut Hill, MA: Boston College), 1982 | 16 | 1982 |
| Deliberation: political aspects JM Bessette Pergamon, 2001 | 10 | 2001 |
| The Imperial Presidency and the Constitution G Schmitt, JM Bessette, AE Busch Rowman & Littlefield, 2017 | 9 | 2017 |
| American Justice JM Bessette, S Press (No Title), 1996 | 9 | 1996 |
| In pursuit of criminal justice JM Bessette Public Interest, 61, 1997 | 8 | 1997 |
| Herbert J Storing on the problem of democracy JM Bessette Political Science Reviewer 29, 70, 2000 | 3 | 2000 |
| American Justice Vol 1 JM Bessette, JM Bessette Salem Press, 1996 | 3 | 1996 |
| Crafting a republican executive: The presidency and the Constitutional Convention JM Bessette, GJ Schmitt < bound method Organization. get_name_with_acronym of< Organization …, 2021 | 2 | 2021 |
| The presidency in the constitutional order: An historical examination JM Bessette, J Tulis Routledge, 2017 | 2 | 2017 |
| American Government and Politics JM Bessette, JJ Pitney Boston: Wadsworth Cegage Learning, 2009 | 2 | 2009 |
