Rao, Nirmala. 2007. Cities in Transition: Growth, change and governance in six metropolitan areas. Routledge. ISBN 0415329019 [Book]

Rao, Nirmala. 2006. Guest editor of special issue. Local Government Studies, 32(3), pp. 211-382. ISSN 0300-3930 (print), 1743-9388 (online) [Article]

Rao, Nirmala. 2006. Introducing the new government of London. Local Government Studies, 32(3), pp. 215-221. ISSN 0300-3930 (print), 1743-9388 (online) [Article]

Rao, Nirmala. 2005. The representation of women in local politics. Policy and Politics, 33(2), pp. 323-329. ISSN 0305-5736 [Article]

Rao, Nirmala. 2002. Labour and Education: Secondary Reorganisation and the Neighbourhood School. Contemporary British History, 16(2), pp. 99-120. ISSN 13619462 [Article]

Rao, Nirmala and Pimlott, Ben. 2002. Governing London. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199244928 [Book]

Rao, Nirmala. 1999. Representing the people? Testing assumptions about local government reform. Public Administration, 7(2), pp. 257-271. ISSN 0033-3298 [Article]

Rao, Nirmala. 1998. The recruitment of representatives in British local government: pathways and barriers. Policy & Politics, 26(3), pp. 291-305. ISSN 0305-5736 [Article]

Rao, Nirmala; Young, Ken; Lynn, Peter and Hurrell, Philippa. 1994. Place, personal characteristics and councillor roles: a multivariate analysis of survey data. Policy and Politics, 22(1), pp. 31-42. ISSN 0305-5736 [Article]