Bell, J. (2012) From popular front to liberalism: redefining the political in California in the post-World War Two era. In: Bell, J. and Stanley, T. (eds.) Making Sense of American Liberalism. University of Illinois Press, Urbana, Illinois, pp. 38-61. ISBN 9780252036866

Stanley, T. and Bell, J. (2012) Introduction: making sense of American liberalism. In: Bell, J. and Stanley, T. (eds.) Making Sense of American Liberalism. University of Illinois Press, pp. 1-13. ISBN 9780252036866

Bell, J. and Stanley, T. (2012) Making sense of American liberalism. University of Illinois Press, Urbana, Illinois. ISBN 9780252036866

Bell, J. (2012) Building a left coast: the legacy of the California Popular Front and the challenge to Cold War liberalism in the post-world war two era. Journal of American Studies, 46 (1). pp. 51-71. ISSN 1469-5154 doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021875811001265

Bell, J. (2012) California crucible: the forging of modern American liberalism. Politics and culture in modern America. University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, USA, pp352. ISBN 9780812243871

Bell, J. W. (2010) Social politics in a transoceanic world in the early Cold War years. The Historical Journal, 53 (2). pp. 401-421. ISSN 0018-246X doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0018246X10000075

Bell, J. W. (2010) "To strive for economic and social justice": welfare, sexuality, and party politics in San Francisco in the 1960s. Journal of Policy History, 22 (2). pp. 193-225. ISSN 0898-0306 doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0898030610000035

Bell, J. W. (2007) The New Deal. In: Brack, D. (ed.) Dictionary of Liberal Thought. Menthuen/Politico's, London. ISBN 978184275167

Bell, J. W. (2006) Social democracy and the rise of the Democratic party in California, 1950-1964. The Historical Journal, 49 (2). pp. 497-524. ISSN 1469-5103 doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0018246X06005309

Bell, J. W. (2004) The changing dynamics of American liberalism: Paul Douglas and the elections of 1948. Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, 96 (4). pp. 368-393. ISSN 1522-1067

Bell, J. (2004) The liberal state on trial: the Cold War and American politics in the Truman years. Columbia University Press, New York. ISBN 9780231133562

Bell, J. W. (2003) Conceptualising Southern liberalism: ideology and the Pepper-Smathers 1950 primary in Florida. Journal of American Studies, 37 (1). pp. 17-45. ISSN 0021-8758 doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021875803006984

Bell, J. W. (2003) Costigan, Edward. In: McElvaine, R. S. (ed.) Encyclopedia of the Great Depression. Macmillan, New York, USA, pp. 213-214. ISBN 9780028656861

Bell, J. (1999) Was there a political consensus on foreign policy in the United States in the early years of the Cold War? No, any notion of bipartisanship in the face of a perceived Soviet threat was undermined by clear ideological differences between political leaders in America. In: Allison, R. (ed.) American Social and Political Movements, 1900-1945: Pursuit of Liberty. History in Dispute, 2. St James Press, Detroit, pp. 208-212. ISBN 9781558623965