BOOKS

Bessant, J., Watts, R., forthcoming 2026, The Politics of Deception: Youth Political Participation in an Age of Global Crises

Bessant, J., Farthing, R., Watts, R., 2017, The precarious generation: a political economy of young people, Routledge Advances in Sociology Series, Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/The-Precarious-Generation-A-Political-Economy-of-Young-People/Bessant-Farthing-Watts/p/book/9781138603226

Bessant, J., 2014, Democracy bytes: new media and new politics and generational change, Palgrave Macmillan. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057/9781137308269

Bessant, J., Watts, R., Dalton, T., and Smyth, P., 2006, Talking policy: making social policy in Australia, Allen and Unwin. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9781003117636/talking-policy-rob-watts

Bessant, J., Hil, R., Watts, R., 2005, Discovering risk: social research and policy making, Peter Lang. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273765466_Discovering_Risk_Social_Research_and_Policy_Making

Bessant, J., and Watts, R., 1999, Sociology Australia, 1st ed, Allen & Unwin. https://www.amazon.ca/Sociology-Australia-Judith-Watts-Bessant/dp/1864487313

Bessant, J., Sercombe, H., and Watts, R., 1998, Youth studies: an Australian perspective, Addison Wesley Longman. https://books.google.de/books/about/Youth_Studies.html?id=DhgfPQAACAAJ&redir_esc=y

Benjamin, J., Bessant, J., and Watts, R., 1997, Making groups work: rethinking practice, Allen and Unwin. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9781003116356/making-groups-work-rob-watts

Bessant, J., and Emslie, M., 1997, ‘From bleeding heart to bottom line’: transforming Victoria’s local government youth services, Public Sector Research Centre, University of NSW. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/261950803_From_Bleeding_Heart_to_Bottom_Line_Transforming_Victoria's_Local_Government_Youth_Services

Bessant, J., and Bessant, B., 1991, The growth of a profession: nursing in Victoria, 1930s–1980s, La Trobe University Press. https://openlibrary.org/books/OL1196150M/The_growth_of_a_profession

Bessant, J., Collin, P., and O’Keefe, P., eds, 2024, Research handbook for the sociology of youth, Edward Elgar. https://www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook/book/9781803921808/9781803921808.xml

Bessant, J., and Watts R., sub-editors, 2024, ‘Youth Participation’, in J. Wyn, H. Cuervo and H. Cahill (general eds), Childhood and youth studies handbook, Springer. https://openlibrary.org/books/OL51798190M/Handbook_of_Children_and_Youth_Studies

Devries, M., Bessant, J., and Watts, R., eds, 2021, The rise of the far-right: technologies of recruitment & mobilization, Rowman and Littlefield. https://books.google.de/books/about/Rise_of_the_Far_Right.html?id=jqE5EAAAQBAJ&redir_esc=y

Bessant, J., Mejia Mesinas, A., and Pickard, S., eds, 2021, When students protest:secondary and high schools, Rowman and Littlefield. https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/when-students-protest-9781786611765/

Bessant, J., Mejia Mesinas, A., and Pickard, S., eds, 2021, When students protest: universities in the Global South, Rowman and Littlefield. https://www.amazon.com/When-Students-Protest-Universities-Global/dp/1786611821

Bessant, J., Mejia Mesinas, A., and Pickard, S., eds, 2021, When students protest: universities in the Global North, Rowman and Littlefield. https://www.amazon.com.au/When-Students-Protest-Universities-Global/dp/1786611791

Pickard, S., and Bessant, J., eds, 2018, Young people re-generating politics in times of crises, Palgrave Macmillan. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-58250-4

Bessant, J., Hil, R., and Watts, R., eds, 2005, Violation of trust: how schools and welfare systems have failed our young people, Ashgate. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.4324/9781315235011/violations-trust-judith-bessant-richard-hil

Bessant, J., and Cook, S., eds, 1998, Against the odds: young people and work in Australia, Australian Youth Clearinghouse. https://www.abebooks.com/Against-Odds-Young-People-Work-Edited/21457527353/bd

Cook, S., and Bessant, J., eds, 1997, Women’s encounters with violence: Australian experiences, Sage. https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/womens-encounters-with-violence/book6316

Bessant, J., and Hil, R., eds, 1997, Youth crime and the media: media representations of and reactions to young people in relation to law and order, Australian Clearinghouse for Youth Studies. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/234758459_Youth_Crime_the_Media_Media_Representation_of_and_Reaction_to_Young_People_in_Relation_to_Law_and_Order