John Braithwaite, PhD, Professor, Regulatory Institutions Network, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, Toni Makkai, Australian Institute of Criminology and Valerie Braithwaite, The Australian National University

• Contents: Preface Part I: Nursing Home Inspection Observed 1. History of Nursing Home Regulation 2. US Nursing Home Regulation 3. The Disciplinary Society and its Enemies 4. American Regulatory Strategies 5. English Nursing Home Regulation 6. Australian Nursing Home Regulation Part II: Rethinking Regulation and Governance 7. Dimensions of Ritualism 8. Market Ritualism 9. Transcending Ritualism 10. The New Pyramid References Index

‘Regulating Aged Care is a significant achievement and addresses areas of personal caring which do not usually receive attention. [It] is an important book which draws attention to the central problems of providing care for large numbers of vulnerable people. . . [it] should be required reading on undergraduate and postgraduate courses relating to applied social science, health and medical sociology.'

John Braithwaite, PhD, Professor, Regulatory Institutions Network, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, Toni Makkai, Australian Institute of Criminology and Valerie Braithwaite, The Australian National University

• Contents: Preface Part I: Nursing Home Inspection Observed 1. History of Nursing Home Regulation 2. US Nursing Home Regulation 3. The Disciplinary Society and its Enemies 4. American Regulatory Strategies 5. English Nursing Home Regulation 6. Australian Nursing Home Regulation Part II: Rethinking Regulation and Governance 7. Dimensions of Ritualism 8. Market Ritualism 9. Transcending Ritualism 10. The New Pyramid References Index

‘Regulating Aged Care is a significant achievement and addresses areas of personal caring which do not usually receive attention. [It] is an important book which draws attention to the central problems of providing care for large numbers of vulnerable people. . . [it] should be required reading on undergraduate and postgraduate courses relating to applied social science, health and medical sociology.'

John Braithwaite, PhD, Professor, Regulatory Institutions Network, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, Toni Makkai, Australian Institute of Criminology and Valerie Braithwaite, The Australian National University

• Contents: Preface Part I: Nursing Home Inspection Observed 1. History of Nursing Home Regulation 2. US Nursing Home Regulation 3. The Disciplinary Society and its Enemies 4. American Regulatory Strategies 5. English Nursing Home Regulation 6. Australian Nursing Home Regulation Part II: Rethinking Regulation and Governance 7. Dimensions of Ritualism 8. Market Ritualism 9. Transcending Ritualism 10. The New Pyramid References Index

‘Regulating Aged Care is a significant achievement and addresses areas of personal caring which do not usually receive attention. [It] is an important book which draws attention to the central problems of providing care for large numbers of vulnerable people. . . [it] should be required reading on undergraduate and postgraduate courses relating to applied social science, health and medical sociology.'